Journal of Japan Society of Energy and Resources

As installed capacity of Photovoltaic (PV) power generation increases, energy storage resources should be increased more in order to reduce PV power curtailment and to reduce CO 2 emission. The increasing penetration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) may provide opportunities to reduce the PV curtailment by using EV for charging the surplus PV power

Journal of Japan Society of Energy and Resources

Japan''s largest platform for academic e-journals: J-STAGE is a full text database for reviewed academic papers published by Japanese societies Journal of Japan Society of Energy and Resources. Online ISSN : 2433-0531 ISSN-L : 2433-0531 Journal home; Journal issue; About the journal; J-STAGE home /

Fossil Fuels Dominate Japan Energy Sources

Japan''s limited fossil fuel resources and geographic location have forced the country to develop a unique mix of energy sources in Japan. However, this has also placed the country in a precarious position as the world pushes to decarbonise and globalisation continues to grow. What Is Japan''s Main Source of Energy? Japan has long relied

Japan''s Energy Policy: Economic Drivers and Political Challenges

This percentage reflects Japan''s long-term dependency on coal despite the international backlash, Given the structure of outsourcing energy resources, Japan relies heavily on imports from Russia. Transport from its northern neighbor, which is only 28 miles away from the Japanese islands at its chokepoint, is quick, efficient, and relies

Energy in Japan

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In 1950, coal supplied half of Japan''s energy needs, hydroelectricity one-third, and oil the rest. By 2001, the contribution of oil had increased to 50.2% of the total, with rises also in the use of nuclear power and natural gas. Japan now depends heavily on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy demand. In the wake of the two oil crises of the 1970s (1973 and 1979), Japan made ef

Wind Energy in Japan: Prospects, Benefits and Future

Thanks to its vast wind energy potential, Japan is poised to move towards a future without dependence on coal, oil, gas, or uranium imports. In addition to energy independence, harnessing wind energy in Japan would ensure cheaper energy and accelerated decarbonisation.. Wind Energy in Japan 2024 – Prospects. The Global Wind Workforce

Resources and energy quarterly: March 2024

The Resources and energy quarterly (REQ) contains the Office of the Chief Economist''s forecasts for the value, volume and price of Australia''s major resources and energy commodity exports. The scale of the price

Journal of Japan Society of Energy and Resources

Increasing numbers of distributed energy resources (DERs), such as photovoltaics (PVs) and electric vehicles (EVs), are being integrated into power grids worldwide. Consequently, distribution system operators (DSOs) must consider the long-term effects of DERs on grid planning.

ENERGY IN JAPAN: LACK OF RESOURCES, POLICY AND CONSERVATION

Japan''s limited domestic energy resources combined with its huge energy demand mean that it must depend on foreign sources for approximately 80 percent of its energy supply. Imports of crude oil account for the largest portion. Kan said Japan''s mid- and long-term energy policy up to now will be reconsidered. Kan, however, said nuclear

Offshore Wind in Japan: Energy Production and Conflict Reduction?

Evaluation of Co-Existence Options of Marine Renewable Energy Projects in Japan. Sustainability, 11(10), 2840. Google Scholar Li, A. (2022). Centralization or Decentralization: Divergent Paths of Governing Offshore Wind Between China and Japan, Energy Research & Social Science, 84, 102426.

Japan Energy Newsletter Japan Electric Power Information

Japan Energy Newsletter . 1 . 1 The Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Released a Draft of the Long-Term Decarbonized Energy Auction Plan. 1. On July 14, 2022, Japan''s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), an agency under the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), released a draft of its Long-

Japan''s New Energy Strategies: Long-Term Initiatives toward

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Cabinet Office of Japan successively announced their long-term strategies in the energy field. METI has compiled measures and policies for implementing an energy mix in 2030 with a focus on energy conservation and expansion of renewable energy.

ENERGY IN JAPAN: LACK OF RESOURCES, POLICY

Japan''s limited domestic energy resources combined with its huge energy demand mean that it must depend on foreign sources for approximately 80 percent of its energy supply. Imports of crude oil account for the largest

Economic and Energy Outlook of Japan for FY2024

energy savings in the short term and supply energy through domestic energy such as restart of nuclear power generation and acceleration of install of renewable energy in the middle to long term. Combining and implementing such short, middle and long-term measures are essential in the development of an exit strategy for the subsidy program. 2

Energy and Natural Resources | JBIC Japan Bank for

Global demand for energy resources such as crude oil and natural gas, and mineral resources such as iron, copper and rare metal continue to increase. Against this backdrop, major countries around the world are strengthening their resource strategies to ensure long-term stable supply of those natural resources. Supporting Japan''s Long-term

Diplomatic Bluebook ｜ 1 Securing a Stable Supply of Energy

2 CCUS: Carbon dioxide Capture, Utilization and Storage; C Start of Negotiations Concerning the Modernization of the Energy Charter Treaty. The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), a multilateral treaty that entered into force in April 1998 (signed in 1995 and entered into force with Japan in 2002), was established as a legal framework for implementing the European Energy Charter,

Japan''s Long-Term Decarbonization Power Source Auction

The first "Long-Term Decarbonization Power Source Auction" (the "Auction") is expected to start in Japan in January 2024. The Auction will provide a 20-year fixed revenue for newly developed power sources that contribute to decarbonization of the Japanese power industry, including battery energy storage systems ("BESS)".

Resource efficiency, energy productivity, and environmental

There were hundreds of studies published on mitigation pathways based on global scenarios of 2 °C (Liu et al., 2022; Wen et al., 2022; Mentel et al., 2022; Khan et al., 2022; Hodžić et al., 2023), and Japan was the sixth largest emitter of greenhouse gases in 2021 as a result of the energy sector''s CO 2 emissions (Meng and Asuka, 2022) some studies, low

Country Analysis Brief: Japan

• Japan considers coal an important energy source, according to its Sixth Strategic Energy Plan released in 2021. Japan''s government plans to use it as a stable and economical energy source while renewable energy is added to the power grid. However, Japan''s government still plans to 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0

Japan''s New International Resource Strategy for Enhancing

This series of articles presents Japan''s new "international resource strategy" established in March, 2020. Japan''s basic energy policy, referred to as "3E + S", aims to simultaneously achieve Energy security, Economic efficiency and Environmental suitability with the underlying premise that Safety is always the primary concern.

Energy Resource Guide

This 2021 edition of the Energy Resource Guide provides in-country market intelligence from Energy specialists around the world in the oil and The mid and long-term expiration of contracts could open opportunities in the 2020s for the

Assessing the Dynamics of Ecological Footprint in Relation

A 1% increase in NUK contributes to a 0.0007% long-term decrease in EF. Japan''s energy mix historically relies heavily on fossil fuels due to the limited availability of domestic energy resources. Integrating more nuclear energy into the mix can help diversify the sources of electricity generation, reducing dependence on fossil fuels and

2023 Share of Electricity from Renewable Energy Resources in Japan

Share of renewables to electricity generated in Japan. The percentage of total electricity generated in Japan (including on-site consumption) by power source in 2023 was estimated from the Electricity Survey Statistics and nationwide electricity supply and demand data.As a result, the share of renewables in Japan''s total electricity generation in 2023 was

Assessment of wave energy resources and their associated

of [30]. Climatology and long-term trend of wave energy resources around Japan were estimated using buoy observa-tion for the period 1980–2009 [32]. The annual mean wave power around Japan was estimated to be 6.4 kWm−1 with an increasing trend of 0.27 kWm−1/30-year. In Japan, most of the electricity production currently

Resource efficiency, energy productivity, and environmental

This paper proposes to identify the effect of resource efficiency and energy productivity on environmental quality in Japan over the period of 1990Q1-2020Q4 while controlling economic growth and globalization. The focus of this research is to provide some insightful findings by undertaking robust empirical research to support Sustainable Development Goals.

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Long-Term Electricity Demand and Energy Integration in Japan

Nuclear power Thermal power Renewable energy (cumulative output as of 2030 in gigawatts) (1) Predisaster forecast: According to the predisaster supply plans, long-term demand outlook, and the

A high-resolution, long-term wave resource assessment of Japan

The reconnaissance and feasibility stages of wave energy resource assessments are commonly based on spectral wave model simulations [5]. Distinctions should be made between offshore and nearshore resources; while the latter can be harvested more easily, there can be a loss of recoverable wave energy moving from offshore to nearshore [6] and the