Might the test ship Excool be a breakthrough in trapping and transporting gas emissions to places like Australia for storage underground?
By modern standards, the Excool, launched in Yamaguchi on the southwestern tip of Honshu in Japan on a chilly, overcast day last November, is not much of a ship.
In some instances, a use might be found for it: it might be pumped underground at pressure to force even more gas or oil to the surface. This is what “CCUS” stands for – carbon capture, use and storage.This way, Japan hopes to make the burning of fossil gas cleaner and extend the gas industry’s life in a world in which nations have agreed to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
“A government that I lead will not allow activists to dictate economic policy and to pull the handbrake on our prosperity,” he said. “And we will cut green tape while striking the right balance between our responsibilities to the environment and the economy.”The Australian media paid less attention to the keynote address given by the Japanese ambassador, Kazuhiro Suzuki, at the same event.
The speech, says Dr Wesley Morgan, an international relations expert and Climate Council fellow, used the language of climate action while outlining a plan to prolong the fossil fuel era. Japan remains determined to ensure its energy security in the face of an increasingly assertive China, and without Australia’s vast open spaces, it has less scope to deploy renewables. It’s been open in its diplomatic efforts to ensure ongoing access to energy from friends like Australia.
Yamagami said the meeting was “crucial in terms of ensuring that Australia will remain a trusted, reliable supplier of energy”. A Bowen spokeswoman told this masthead that Australia was committed to being a trusted and reliable energy exporter into the future “even as we become a renewable energy superpower”.
The Western Australian government “has been pragmatic in explaining how Australian gas exports can support decarbonisation in Asia, looking at the bigger world emissions’ reduction goal rather than the ideological political games promoted by activists that would damage Australia’s economy and see a return to coal,” she said.
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