Japan Intends To Increase Use Of Nuclear Energy
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Japan intends to increase the use of nuclear energy as part of
its energy policy renewal.
Azernews reports, citing foreign media outlets that the country
reduced its dependence on nuclear power after the disaster in
Fukushima in 2011 and increased the use of fossil fuel for the
production of electricity to 70 percent.
However, due to sharp increases in coal and gas prices and the
Russia-Ukraine war, the government is considering wider use of
nuclear power, along with wind and solar power, to ensure a stable
energy supply.
Any move to increase nuclear power by Japan, the world's
second-largest importer of liquefied natural gas and the largest
buyer of thermal coal, would affect exporters of the fossil fuel,
including Australia, Qatar, the United States and Indonesia.
The government said the country will likely need to increase
electricity production by about 50 percent by 2050 as demand from
semiconductor manufacturing plants and data processing centers
increases. Energy companies and the industrial sector, in turn, are
increasingly calling for greater use of nuclear power, as
geopolitical tensions increase the risk of power outages and rising
electricity prices.
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