Major firms call on Japan to double renewables goal
AFP, TOKYO
Major firms, including Sony Corp, Panasonic Corp and Nissan Motor Co, yesterday urged the Japanese government to make its 2030 renewable energy target twice as ambitious.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga last year set a 2050 deadline for Japan to become carbon-neutral, but the country’s shorter-term renewables goal has long been criticized as lagging.
Japan aims to source 22 to 24 percent of its power from solar, wind and other renewables by 2030, a target set three years ago and soon to be reassessed as the government revises its energy strategy.
A group of 92 corporations known as the Japan Climate Initiative urged ministers to double this goal to 40 to 50 percent.