1、Japans missing piece ofclean powerJapan needs to unleash its massive untapped wind potential toaccelerate its power sector transition.Published date:18 May 2023Authors:Dave Jones,Uni Lee,Ardhi Arsala Rahmani1ContentsContents.1Executive Summary.2Chapter 1|Japans clean power struggle.4As G7 states gro

2、w wind,Japan falls behind.5Chapter 2|Wind is Japans missing puzzle piece.8Fresh wind pathways for Japan.8Chapter 3|Japans lagging wind ambition is holding back itself-and the G7.11G7s offshore wind ambitions compared.11Who is“predominantly decarbonised”in 2035?.12Supporting materials.14AboutThis rep

3、ort compares Japans current electricity plans to two new pathways that show moreambitious ways to decarbonise the electricity sector,and compares these to plans by fellowG7 countries.Highlights1%4%18%of Japans electricity wasproduced by wind in 2022.of the G7s proposedoffshore wind deploymentto 2030

4、 would be in Japan.share of offshore wind by2035 would put Japan ontrack for a 90%2decarbonised power sector.Executive SummaryUnleashing offshore windJapans game-changing opportunity to match the G7 clean powerambitions.The G7 leaders meet next week.Their climate and energy ministers have already la

5、id outgoals for offshore wind and solar power.It is Japans reluctance to step up onwindespecially offshore windthat is preventing itself from setting its sights on adecarbonised power sector.01Japan has the lowest share of cleanelectricity of any G7 countryIn 2022,Japan got 29%of its electricity fro

6、m clean sourcesthe lowest ofany G7 countryand still 71%from fossil fuels.Japan also has the highestshare(33%)of coal generation of any G7 country.In 2022,wind generated1%of Japans electricity;for the rest of the G7,wind power generated 11%of total electricity production.Wind accounted for more than