Energy Unplugged by Aurora EP.148 Llewelyn Hughes, Professor, Australian National University on Japan energy markets
In this Energy Unplugged episode we focus on Japan’s energy markets. We’re delighted to be joined by Professor Llewelyn Hughes of the Australian National University (ANU) in a conversation with our Managing Director in APAC and California, Hugo Batten and our Head of New Markets in APAC, Rowan von Spreckelsen.
Llewelyn is a deep expert in Japan’s energy markets, being currently the Director of the Japan Institute at ANU. He’s had a long and distinguished academic career, spending time at MIT, Tokyo University, and Harvard, he has worked both in government (i.e. as an advisor to Ichirō Ozawa, Liberal Party of Japan) and the private sector (i.e Enron in Japan), as well as providing strategic and regulatory advice to energy companies operating in Japanese energy markets.
Main topics include:
•The evolution of Japan’s power markets over the last 5 years
•The Japanese power market de-regulation and market shifts and the big domestic players’ response to these
•The challenges of decarbonisation of the power sector in Japan, covering transmission, nuclear, hydrogen and offshore wind