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The 452nd Forum on Research Works was held on December 19, 2025.
"IEEJ Outlook 2026", Deepening Uncertainties Surrounding the Challenges of Energy Transition: A Widening Gap Between the Ideal and the Reality, has been released.
On November 21, Governor Hanazumi of Niigata Prefecture announced his acceptance of the restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa unit 6 (KK 6) of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). After obtaining the endorsement of the …
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Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are often regarded as the only pathway for decarbonizing road transport. But are BEVs the only pathway? My Institute, IEEJ, has conducted a …
It is often said that solar PV is the cheapest source of power. The conventional approach for cost calculation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), generally shows that solar PV is …
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Author: Yoshikazu Koabyashi With the opening of the new year, the detention of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the United States on January 3 and his transfer to the U.S. sent shockwaves through the ...
Author: Ryo Eto In FY2024, Japan's crude oil imports decreased by 8.51 million kL (5.9%) year-on-year to 136.29 million kL, falling below the level of FY2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and reaching the lowest level since ...
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Author: Ken Koyama Since the beginning of the 2020s—a period marked by dramatic upheavals in the international energy landscape—countries around the world have continued to experience...
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Author: Ken Koyama From the very beginning of 2026, the world has been shaken by the policies of President Trump, prompting renewed and intense global attention to the initiatives under “Trump 2.0.” at the start of the new year...
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Author: A. Yanagisawa, R. Hirose, K. Ito, K. Kimura, Y. Nakano, Y. Ninomiya, H. Okawa, S. Otsu, W. Sugino, Zhang T. The 452nd Forum on Research Work on 19 December 2025
Author: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Satoshi Kihara The report outlines global advancements in methane management and greenhouse gas reduction strategies within the energy sector, notably in the LNG industry, as of late 2025. There has been the increasing use of...
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Author: Ken Koyama The year 2026 has begun with an event that has sent shockwaves across the international community. On the night of January 2 (local time), U.S. special forces and other...
This episode is talking about “Various Pathways for Decarbonizing Road Transport in the Global South”. BEVs are not the only solution for the ...
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Various Pathways for Decarbonizing Road Transport in the Global South
Speaker: Nobuyoshi Wakabayashi (METI), Tohru Shimizu (IEEJ) Moderator: Toshiyuki Sakamoto (IEEJ) *Language: Japanese
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