The Japanese government will re-examine the medium and long term policies in the Basic Energy Plan for the new year. Aiming to be a decarbonized society by 2050, Japan is focusing on how to utilize renewable energy and nuclear power as their main sources of electricity.
The Basic Energy Plan is reviewed once every three years. The current plan for 2030 is as follows:
▼Increasing the use of renewable energy from 22% to 24%,
▼Increasing the use nuclear power from 20% to 22%
▼Keeping thermal power at about 56%
The government included a reference value of increasing the use of renewable energy from 50% to 60% by 2050 in their decarbonization plan as of last December.
For this reason, they are discussing the predicted percentage of how high they can increase the use of renewable energy by 2030 as they review the Basic Energy Plan.
However, there are other problems. Since renewable energy such as solar and wind energy rely on natural conditions and weather, electric generation fluctuates greatly. They still have to figure out how nuclear power comes into play for this plan.
Because nuclear power does not emit carbon dioxide when generating energy, it is a practical choice for the government's plan for decarbonization; however, there remains a deep-seated concern for safety.
That being the case, they will mainly focus on how to combine renewable energy and nuclear power for sources of electricity as they re-examine the Basic Energy Plan this year.
Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210103/k10012795011000.html?utm_int=news-culture_contents_list-items_003
The Basic Energy Plan is reviewed once every three years. The current plan for 2030 is as follows:
▼Increasing the use of renewable energy from 22% to 24%,
▼Increasing the use nuclear power from 20% to 22%
▼Keeping thermal power at about 56%
The government included a reference value of increasing the use of renewable energy from 50% to 60% by 2050 in their decarbonization plan as of last December.
For this reason, they are discussing the predicted percentage of how high they can increase the use of renewable energy by 2030 as they review the Basic Energy Plan.
However, there are other problems. Since renewable energy such as solar and wind energy rely on natural conditions and weather, electric generation fluctuates greatly. They still have to figure out how nuclear power comes into play for this plan.
Because nuclear power does not emit carbon dioxide when generating energy, it is a practical choice for the government's plan for decarbonization; however, there remains a deep-seated concern for safety.
That being the case, they will mainly focus on how to combine renewable energy and nuclear power for sources of electricity as they re-examine the Basic Energy Plan this year.
Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210103/k10012795011000.html?utm_int=news-culture_contents_list-items_003
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