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Papua New Guinea can feed Japan’s energy appetite

26 Nov 2022

Japan faces significant energy security hurdles over the next few decades. Energy shortfalls loom with the planned phase-out of inefficient coal power plants by 2030, losses of supply from terminating the Qatar Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) contract and uncertainties in the tight LNG market — particularly in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine . But a helping hand has been offered by Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Authors

Meg Keen

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Australia