1、EbookState of Green:JapanLike many countries around the world,Japan has been taking steps toward a greener future.As a nation at the forefront of technological innovation and environmental consciousness,Japan has been taking the climate crisis seriously and looking to transform its energy market.In

2、this eBook,well explore the Japanese energy market as a whole,the role solar has to play in Japans green economy,and some of the major players driving the renewable energy transition in the country.Read on to find out more!01The Japanese energy market02The Japanese solar market03Major solar players

3、in Japan04A look to the futureTable of contentsThe Japanese energy market01.Since the tsunami in 2011 caused most of the nuclear power plants in Japan to have to be shut down,the country has been heavily reliant on liquefied natural gas(LNG)to meet its energy needs.Japan is the worlds second-largest

4、 importer of LNG,behind only China,and primarily uses it as fuel for thermal power plants.Fossil fuels accounted for roughly 72.4%of power generation in 2022,with LNG contributing 29.9%,a drop from the previous year.Coal usage,however,increased from 26.5%in 2021 to 27.8%in 2022.The Japanese energy m

5、arketJapan has been slowly moving away from nuclear power since the turn of the century.In 2000,nuclear power supplied 29%of the countrys energy demand,but that number dropped to just 6%in 2022 and continued to fall throughout the year.The Japanese energy marketThe country has plans in place to phas

6、e out nuclear power entirely in the very near future but is keeping some plants on standby amid uncertainty over the import of LNG.The issue Japan faces when it comes to using fossil fuels is that it has a very limited supply of its own,meaning that everything must be imported.This is expensive and