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Energy Transition toward Carbon Neutrality

Updated : 2026.07.13

Status: Report
Course Number
TR-1-25
Title / Theme
Energy Transition toward Carbon Neutrality
Dates
2025.05.13〜2025.05.30
Objectives
In this course, participants will share information about and discuss future actions to accomplish carbon neutrality as oil- and gas-producing countries and obtain some clues for making strategies and proceeding with a plan to achieve each country’s goal.
This course introduces some activities of the Japanese government and companies toward a carbon-neutral society.
Main Topics
1. Lecture:
- Overview of oil industry in Japan
- Roadmap for carbon neutrality in Japan
- World trends in carbon credits
- Standardization of hydrogen, e-fuel
- Circular economy

2. Workshop:
- Group discussion (carbon neutrality in the oil and gas industry)

3. Site Visit:
- Oil company
- Heavy industry manufacturing company
- Automobile manufacturer
- Engineering company
- Thermal power station
- Biomass power generation company
- CCS demonstration site
- University, public research institute
Application Deadline
2025.03.12
Qualification
Managers or leaders in charge of planning and carbon-neutral strategy department, or those with equivalent qualifications.
Project Report

To introduce Japanese technologies related to carbon neutrality and the status of efforts by Japanese and Japanese companies, and to share information among participants on the direction of efforts as oil and gas producing countries, and to contribute to the planning and implementation of plans to achieve carbon neutrality in each participating country.

Host Country
Japan
Participating Countries
Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, U.A.E., Vietnam
Number of Participants
12
Site Visits
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Hy touch Kobe, Cosmo Oil. Co., Ltd. Sakai Refinery, Air Water Inc. Sakai Office, Osaka Gas Co.,
Ltd., JERA Co., Inc. Hekinan Thermal Power Station, Toyota Motor Corp. Honsha Plant, JGC Holdings Corp. Head Office,
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. Chiba Complex, Keihin Biomass Power Co., Ltd., Research Center for Advanced Science and
Technology, the University of Tokyo, Eurus Energy Holdings Corp. Tomatoh Abira Solar Park, Eurus Date Kogane Wind Farm,
Japan CCS Co., Ltd. Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Center
Others
*Please note that the above details are subject to change.
Report (Japanese)
Report (English)