Jera said on Wednesday that the agreement establishes a framework for long-term collaboration among the company, its US unit Jera Americas, and the state of Hawaii focusing on “fuel diversity and developing pathways toward decarbonization.”
This partnership is designed to help realize the Hawaii state energy office’s alternative fuels, repowering and energy transition Study, published in January 2025, which concluded in the short term that the state should accelerate its shift away from oil by using “affordable and reliable” alternative fuels, including natural gas.
According to the study, LNG emerged as the near-term fuel with the potential to “cost-effectively reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions during the transition to economywide decarbonization in 2045, but more analysis is needed to quantify a range of potential benefits and to identify how those benefits can be maximized to residents at the appropriate level of infrastructure buildout.”
Jera said in the statement it brings “extensive experience in the development and operation of large-scale, reliable energy infrastructure worldwide, with a growing focus on low carbon fuels, hydrogen, ammonia, and renewable energy integration.”
The company produces one-third of Japan’s electricity, and is one of the largest LNG buyers in the world.
Jera has a large LNG portfolio and the company signed severl deals this year, including with US producers.
In June, Jera announced approximately 5.5 mtpa of LNG offtake from the US Gulf Coast which it said allows flexible access to the global LNG market, including Japan, at a “competitive” cost.
Glenfarne-led Alaska LNG also recently signed a letter of intent with Jera to sell liquefied natural gas to the latter.
