Future Energy Landscape - Global Energy Agenda -

Our experts regularly update the latest domestics and overseas energy topics

2026
2026.1.5

In the spring, cherry blossoms, in the summer, the cuckoo, in the autumn, the moon, and in the winter, the snow, clear, cold?
Author:Akira Yanagisawa

2025
2025.12.23

Emergence of North American West Coast for LNG - Advantages, Challenges, and Recent Developments -
Author:Hiroshi Hashimoto

2025.12.9

What is necessary to secure human resources in the wind power industry? – An appeal of a growing industry that attracts talented engineers
Author:Tomoko Murakami

2025.11.21

Challenges in Introducing a Mandatory Quantitative Energy Supply Capacity (kWh) Requirement in Japan
Author:Kenichi Onishi

2025.11.10

Securitization of Critical Minerals: Toward Enhancement of Japan-U.S. Cooperation
Author:Shoichi Itoh

2025.10.28

Iraq’s Oil Exports to Turkey Resume Under Federal Control
Author:Akiko Yoshioka

2025.10.10

Now and the Future for Alaska LNG Project
Author:Takafumi Yanagisawa

2025.10.1

Will the decline and slowdown in CO2 emissions in China and India lead to a peak?
Author:Takahiko Tagami

2025.9.5

The energy consumption propensities of Generations Y and Z, who will lead the future
Author:Akira Yanagisawa

2025.8.25

Three Giants Leading the LNG Development in the United States
Author:Hiroshi Hashimoto

2025.8.19

The fate of local government wind turbines: Considering the business feasibility of wind power generation
Author:Tomoko Murakami

2025.8.5

The significance of abolishing the provisional gasoline tax rate: data reveals pain in the countryside
Author:Junko Ogawa

2025.7.18

The Trump Administration is striving to reinforce the U.S. presence in the international nuclear market
Author:Shoichi Itoh

2025.7.7

The “12-Day War” and the transformation of Middle Eastern geopolitics
Author:Akiko Yoshioka

2025.6.24

Israeli and U.S. Attacks on Iran, and the Oil Market in the Second Half of 2025
Author:Tetsuo Morikawa

2025.6.10

How is GHG intensity calculated for LNG and biofuels as marine fuel?
Author:Takahiko Tagami

2025.5.22

The cause is not high oil price. And yet subsidies continue—Where are we heading?
Author:Akira Yanagisawa

2025.5.12

Two FIDs Herald a New Era of LNG Production Development
Author:Hiroshi Hashimoto

2025.4.30

Lessons Drawn from Poland on the Key to Supply Chain Development in the Wind Energy Industry: Leveraging Local Industries
Author:Tomoko Murakami

2025.4.16

Carbon Pricing: Concerning the Strategic Utilization of Revenue – A Discussion
Author:Junko Ogawa

2025.4.2

Energy Policy under the Trump Administration: Enhanced linkage with national security
Author:Shoichi Itoh

2025.3.17

Kirkuk oil field development agreement – BP’s strategy shift and Iraq’s intention to rapidly utilize its petroleum resources align
Author:Akiko Yoshioka

2025.3.4

China’s peak oil demand and the international oil market
Author:Tetsuo Morikawa

2024.2.19

Insurance being reconstructed by weather-related natural disasters
Author:Takahiko Tagami

2024.2.3

China’s crude oil imports peaked?
Author:Akira Yanagisawa

2024.1.21

The LNG Industry Begins Massive Expansion - Challenges Ahead
Author:Hiroshi Hashimoto

2024.1.8

Acceptance of offshore wind power lies in “fair practices”
Author:Tomoko Murakami

2024
2024.12.26

A Study on the Future of the Gasoline Tax – in light of the move toward abolishing the provisional tax rate in the ruling coalition’s FY2025 Tax Reform (Proposals)
Author:Junko Ogawa

2024.12.9

The Uncertainties Surrounding Energy Policy under Trump Administration 2.0
Author:Shoichi Itoh

2024.11.25

Donald Trump’s U.S. Presidential Election Victory and the Middle East
Author:Akiko Yoshioka

2024.11.12

The OPEC+ agreed on production cuts and Saudi Arabia
Author:Tetsuo Morikawa

2024.10.30

Regulations and Institutions to Promote CCS
Author:Takahiko Tagami

2024.10.11

Clue to the oil demand outlook
Author:Akira Yanagisawa

2024.10.1

Notable Issues in LNG Transportation in 2024
Author:Hiroshi Hashimoto

2024.9.13

Transmission Lines Across the Baltic Sea - Examining the Cancellation of the Hansa Power Bridge Plan —
Author:Tomoko Murakami

2024.9.2

Carbon Pricing - The limits of the price elasticity coefficient, and the policy considerations based on that -
Author:Junko Ogawa

2024.8.21

The Tightening U.S. Presidential Race and the Positions of the Candidates on Energy Policy
Author:Shoichi Itoh

2024.8.1

The Endless Israel-Hamas War and Its Consequences
Author:Akiko Yoshioka

2024.7.23

The Future of Iran Oil Sanctions
Author:Tetsuo Morikawa

2024.7.10

Trends in China’s Policies for Energy Conservation and CO2 Reduction in Industry
Author:Takahiko Tagami

2024.6.21

Twisted oil prices
Author:Akira Yanagisawa

2024.6.12

EU’s Gas / Hydrogen Package and Methane Regulation Coming Into Force
Author:Hiroshi Hashimoto

2024.5.29

China is in “a different league” in terms of its wind power installed capacity, and the downward trend in costs is also remarkable
Author:Tomoko Murakami

2024.5.2

The Divided World: Toward Restrengthening U.S.-Japan Nuclear Cooperation
Author:Shoichi Itoh

2024.4.18

Background and Impact of the “Shadow War” Between Iran and Israel
Author:Sachi Sakanashi

2024.4.2

“If Trump…”: Oil and Natural Gas
Author:Tetsuo Morikawa

2024.3.19

Recent Developments in Transition Finance
Author:Takahiko Tagami

2024.3.1

How will the influence wielded by the oil price change in a low carbon society?
Author:Akira Yanagisawa

2024.2.20

The Active LNG Term-Contracting Deals and Impacts of the Pause of LNG Export Approval Process in the United States
Author:Hiroshi Hashimoto

2024.2.7

Today’s Challenges for Onshore Wind Power Foreshadow Tomorrow’s Challenges for Offshore Wind Power (Possibly)
Author:Tomoko Murakami

2024.1.11

Ukraine’s Energy System Approaching a Transition Period
Author:Shoichi Itoh

2023
2023.12.25

The Houthi Movement’s Attacks on Israel-linked Ships and Iran’s Motives
Author:Sachi Sakanashi

2023.12.14

Shaky Corporate Net-Zero Targets and Steady DAC Progress
Author:Takahiko Tagami

2023.11.27

The Recovery of the US Oil Production and Structural Change in the Industry
Author:Tetsuo Morikawa

2023.11.8

The changing relation between oil prices and the dollar
Author:Akira Yanagisawa

2023.11.1

Qatar LNG Expansion and LNG Marketing
Author:Hiroshi Hashimoto

2023.10.16

Will wind power be established as a key industry in Japan?
Author:Tomoko Murakami

2023.10.4

Carbon Pricing: A Policy Consideration Perspective
Author:Junko Ogawa

2023.9.19

Toward the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Reconstruction
Author:Shoichi Itoh

2023.9.1

Changes to Projections in the “IEEJ Outlook”
Author:Shiger Suehiro

2023.8.21

Tensions Around the Strait of Hormuz and the Future of US-Iran Talks
Author:Sachi Sakanashi

2023.8.7

The Future of Russian Oil and Natural Gas
Author:Tetsuo Morikawa

2023.7.25

Heat and Buildings Strategy in the UK:Current Status and Issues for Achieving Carbon Neutrality in the Household Sector
Author:Naoko Doi

2023.7.11

New Developments in Ocean-based CO2 Removal
Author:Takahiko Tagami

2023.6.26

Revisiting Old and New Technologies for Floating Offshore Wind Development: Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines
Author:Yoshiaki Shibata

2023.6.12

Regarding PJM’s Response to Order 2222
Author:Junichi Ogasawara

2023.5.31

Economic Security Emerging as High-Profile Issue
Author:Ichiro Kutani

2023.5.9

Painting a Picture of Carbon Neutrality
Author:Shigeru Suehiro

2023.4.25

The Current State of CCS, as Observed from the IEA’s Database
Author:Yoshikazu Kobayashi

2023.4.17

Taiwan Crisis as an Energy Security Risk
Author:Tetsuo Morikawa

2023.3.21

Biofuels and CCS: Tailwinds and Headwinds
Author:Tagami Takahiko

2023.3.7

Revelations From the EU’s Definition of Green Hydrogen
Author:Yoshiaki Shibata

2023.2.24

Zone-based Pricing in the Australian Electricity Market
Author:Junichi Ogasawara

2023.2.6

The Issue of Fossil Fuel Supply on the Road to Decarbonization
Author:Ichiro Kutani

2023.1.20

The Uncertain World Observable from Future Predictions
Author:Shigeru Suehiro

2023.1.11 Toward the Establishment of a CO2 Storage Hub in Asia – Malaysia’s Challenge
Author:Yoshikazu Kobayashi
2022
2022.12.28

The End of the Energy Market Liberalization Era
Author:Tetsuo Morikawa

2022.12.13 The Response by Germany to the Energy Crisis~ Prospects and hints for green growth based on energy-saving measures and investment ~
Author:Naoko Doi
2022.11.30 Discussion Abounds over Loss and Damage Schemes
Author:Takahiko Tagami
2022.11.15 Key Points on the Use of Hydrogen and Ammonia for Power Generation
Author:Yoshiaki Shibata
2022.11.2 Utilization of Distributed Energy Resources
Author: Junichi Ogasawara
2022.10.17 Changes in Asian Developing Countries in Response to Rising Energy Prices
Author: Ichiro Kutani
2022.10.3 The Forecasting Approach and the Backcasting Approach
Author: Shigeru Suehiro
2022.10.3 Toward Building International CCS Projects
Author: Yoshikazu Kobayashi
2022.9.6 The Search for a New 3E
Author: Tetsuo Morikawa
2022.8.24 For further deepening the energy-saving potential in the residential and commercial buildings: The impact of energy efficiency labeling
Author: Naoko Doi
2022.8.10 Will African Countries Declare the Acceleration of Natural Gas Development at COP27?
Author: Takahiko Tagami
2022.8.8 You Cannot Make Fuel Out of CO2 –Correct Taxonomy for Hydrogen and CCU Is Essential–
Author: Yoshiaki Shibata
2022.7.13 Suspension of the Wholesale Electricity Market in Australia
Author: Junichi Ogasawara
2022.6.29 New Divisions that the Russia-Ukraine War Could Bring About
Author: Ichiro Kutani