Japan: Japan Biomass Annual 2023

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Japan: Japan Biomass Annual 2023

Japan has been dramatically increasing its wood pellet imports for its feed-in tariff (FIT) program, as more large-scale FIT-approved biomass power plants become operational. Palm kernel shell imports may slow down in the coming years, as Japan begins to enforce sustainability certification requirements from April 2024.

East Asia and the Pacific, Japan
Biofuels

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