Future direction of Japanese gas industry in a low carbon society精品分析.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * Natural Gas, Is it a fossil fuel anyway? Fumio (Frank) MURAZEKI murazeki@tokyo-gas.co.jp Chairman, Sub Committee for Business Operation, Japan Gas Association General Manager, Residential Sales Planning Department Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. September 14th, 2009 Realizing a low carbon society through the advanced natural gas technologies * Agenda Japanese gas industry and Tokyo Gas Japanese policy trend to a low carbon society Vision of Japanese gas industry Natural gas technology and a low carbon society  The RD activities of Japanese gas industry Need for international policy collaboration Conclusion * The outline of Japanese gas industry Japanese gas industry still keeps conventional vertically integrated value chain. * The outline of Tokyo Gas The largest gas utility company in Japan. The geographical business area is Tokyo metropolitan area and its surroundings. Founded October 1, 1885 Capital $ 1.4 Billion Net sales $ 14.5 Billion # of Employees 7,579 P/L network 57,158 km (Consolidated) Gas sales volume 14 billion m3 # of customers 10 million (as of March 31, 2009. Non-consolidated) (1$=\100) * Japanese policy trend to a low carbon society The legislation concerning structural switch of energy supply from fossil fuel to non-fossil fuel is established in this summer. Long-term plan of energy demand and supply is now being discussed in line with new legislation. Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan (March 2008) 6% from 1990 level in the period from 2008 to 2012 15% from the 2005 level by 2020 60-80% from the present level by 2050 Action plan for Achieving a low carbon society (July 2008) Formulation of mid-term target (Speech by Prime Minister Taro Aso on 10 June 2009) Japan’s government policy Reducing GHG emissions by * Fluctuations of Energy Prices Combating global warming Reduce GHG emissions 60-80% by 2050 To promote non-fossil energy sources Mid-term goal (15% GHG reduction by 2020) Source: Research