Oil refiners slash output as fuel demand plunges
Production
The bottom has fallen out of fuel demand as airlines around the world ground flights and millions of people are
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Generator supplier eyes renewables move
Consumption
Event energy and generator hire supplier Aggreko is shifting towards solar and battery power to supply sporting contests and developing
Japan promises to review coal-power export policy
Policy
Japan’s environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, has said tighter restrictions could be placed on the export of coal power technology to
Japan looks to dump Fukushima water at sea
Industry
Japan has told foreign embassies that it plans to release radioactive water from the closed Fukushima nuclear power plant into
Tokyo Olympics to showcase hydrogen progress
Storage
Hydrogen will fuel the Olympic flame cauldron during the summer games in Tokyo and around 100 hydrogen-fuelled buses will service
The West and its Asian allies intent on hatching the hydrogen spring
Environment
The contours of the energy transition have grown clearer this year. Renewable energies have grown at a record pace over
Mitsubishi beats Shell in bid for Dutch renewables firm
Industry
A group led by Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi is due to buy the Dutch energy firm Eneco for €4.1 billion.
EU and Japan sign infrastructure deal to challenge China
Policy
The European Union and Japan have signed an extensive “Asia connectivity” deal to build infrastructure, boost energy connections and maintain
Four Japanese firms look to build electric tanker
Storage
Four Japanese companies are co-operating with the aim of building the world’s first zero-emission tanker by mid-2021 to operate in
Markets await renewed Iran waiver
Production
Donald Trump has discussed Abu Dhabi’s “contributions to the global energy markets as a reliable supplier of oil” during talks
Yamal LNG shipment reaches India
Production
Russia is hailing the first shipload of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s high-tech Arctic refinery that has reached India
EDF and Mitsubishi form nuclear firm
Industry
The Atmea joint venture between France’s Areva and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is to be restructured after the sale