Restart of nuclear reactors in Japan, growing renewable sources of energy and a slow economy are expected to push down the country’s LNG consumption by 2020 by as much as 10.5% from 2014 levels, Eclipse Energy said this week. Japan’s LNG demand is expected to drop to 77 million mt by 2020 from a record 86 million mt reached in 2014, according to Eclipse, an analytics unit of Platts. In 2015 itself, Japan bought 3 million mt less LNG in the first 10 months compared with a year earlier. Kyushu Electric restarted its two 890 MW nuclear reactors at Sendai in August and October, ending Japan’s 23 months of nuclear-free period since September 2013. Article continues below… LNG Daily is essential reading as LNG supply dynamics continue to change in big markets like Japan, China, India and the U.S. This premier independent news publication for the global LNG industry […]