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The bloc may find it very difficult to replicate Japan’s approach due to fundamental differences in policy and markets
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Purchasing from region will help determine if prices will stay buoyant in the second half of this decade as supply increases, with significant volumes due online in the next three years
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Security trumps all in Japan’s LNG strategy
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Japan’s appetite for LNG is poised to shrink in 2024
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Oil and gas now has green licence
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Muted winter LNG outlook for NE Asia
Seasonal temperatures will prove critical, but the LNG demand prospects for China, Japan and South Korea are currently soft
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Craig Guthrie
19 December 2019
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Japan's government is seeking to get as close as possible to carbon neutral by 2050

Technological breakthroughs have been a key contributor to the falling price of low carbon and renewable energy in Asia over the past decade, with ultra-efficient new solar cell and offshore wind turbine designs helping brings costs down to as low as $0.10 kW/h.  Hendrik Gordenker, a Jera senior corporate vice president, says progress must continue at every link in the value chain to meet the challenge of providing clean, affordable power to the continent’s growing population.  What technologies will be important to Jera over the next 10 years?  Gordenker: The entire energy sector is facing a whole new set of challenges with new economies growing and having needs for additional energy. We ha

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