<article><p class="lead">Japanese packaging firm Rengo is planning to switch its in-house power generation fuel from coal to LNG for paperboard production, and aims to phase out coal consumption at all its local facilities by 2027. </p><p>Rengo aims to invest around ¥19bn ($135mn) to shift from coal to LNG at its Kanazu plant in Fukui prefecture by 2026, and at a paper mill operated by its Fukushima-based subsidiary Marusan Paper by 2027. The company declined to disclose the capacity of its power units. But coal consumption at both sites is currently around 125,000 t/yr, it said. </p><p>The coal-to-gas fuel switch would reduce emissions of CO2 by 180,000 t/yr compared with the April 2022-March 2023 fiscal year, Rengo told <i>Argus</i>.</p><p class="bylines">By Motoko Hasegawa</p></article>
