MOTOHIKO Kato, the Ambassador of Japan to Brunei Darussalam, delivered a special lecture titled ‘Energy and Eco Policy in Japan’ at the Lecture Theatre 2, Library Complex, Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) yesterday.
Professor Dr Hajah Zohrah binti Haji Sulaiman, the Vice-Chancellor of UTB, attended the lecture, along with UTB principal officers, lecturers and students.
In his lecture, Motohiko Kato explained how Japan has almost no domestic fossil fuel resources with its energy self-sufficiency being only at six per cent. Because of this, Japan faced great challenges with energy supply after the tragic earthquake that struck in 2011. Since then, Japan has developed its energy policy, focussing on technologies that will result in effective energy production and saving.
He also highlighted that renewable energy is one of the alternative energy resources that Japan has enthusiastically adopted, adding that Japan’s systems and technologies in renewable energy have been developing every year, and the percentage of energy generated from renewable sources has grown.
The Japanese Ambassador also said that next month, a hydrogenation plant is expected to commence construction in the country, which he hoped will contribute towards a carbon-free society in the future.
