JAPEX-backed Higashine industrial park shifts to natural gas, targets 1,600-ton annual CO2 cut

• JAPEX joined a multi-company project to switch Higashine Omori Industrial Park in Yamagata from oil-based fuels to natural gas.
• The plan uses an LNG satellite station, gas retailing, and steam supply services to serve sites outside the city-gas grid.
• Expected CO2 reduction totals about 1,600 tons a year across participating industrial users.
• The initiative was selected under Japan’s Ministry of the Environment SHIFT Project as the first joint project involving multiple businesses.

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