The Japanese prime minister pushed for a policy to transform Japan into an emissions-free society. (Kyodo photo)TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday ordered ministers to formulate a basic strategy by the year-end for transforming Japan into an emissions-free "hydrogen society," while calling for more efforts to introduce renewable energy. Abe also called for more cooperation among government offices to develop international hydrogen supply chains and introduce full-scale hydrogen power generation. "The building of global hydrogen supply chains will be led by hydrogen power generation, which creates massive and stable demand," Abe said. Environment Minister Koichi Yamamoto separately told a press conference his ministry will begin drawing up a long-term strategy for significantly increasing renewable energy use by 2030.

Source: Bangkok Post April 11, 2017 04:52 UTC