Jera and EDF expand LNG trading JV to include Japanese power trading

Japan’s Jera and France’s EDF have agreed to expand their LNG and coal trading joint venture, Jera Global Markets, to include Japanese power trading.

According to a joint statement on Thursday, the respective Japanese power trading businesses of JERA and EDF Trading, a part of EDF, will be merged to operate alongside Jeragm’s global trading and optimisation business.

Jera, the joint venture of Tokyo Electric and Chubu Electric, has 66.67 percent in Jeragm, and EDFT holds 33.33 percent.

In April 2019, Jera and EDFT merged their LNG trading and optimization activities.

Headquartered in Singapore, Jeragm has a fleet of chartered LNG carriers, and its gross executed LNG trade volume reached about 46 million tons in fiscal year 2023, according to its website.

The two firms said this power trading integration strengthens the long-standing cooperation between the partners, which was established in 2008,

Moreover, it draws from the complementary roles of Jera, as a leading utility in Japan, and EDFT’s in-depth knowledge and experience of the power markets in Europe and North America.

This transaction will take effect from April 1, 2025.

The business will operate out of the Coredo Nihonbashi building in Tokyo with a team of over 50 diverse and experienced professionals driving and supporting the business, the statement said.

“We have entered into a new chapter of this enduring and collaborative relationship with EDF Trading which commenced with coal and LNG trading,” said Kazunori Kasai, chief optimisation officer of Jera and chairman, Jeragm.

Also, Kasai said power trading is “strategically aligned with the global trade of fuels and we are confident the synergies of these businesses will contribute to the revitalisation of the domestic power market in Japan.”

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