According to the report, Japan\u2019s domestic primary energy supply has been\nfalling during the current fiscal year (through March 2019) following last\nyear\u2019s spike in consumption stemming from an unprecedented severe winter. In the\nnext fiscal year, the figure is expected to reach 461.6 Mtoe, up just 0.2\npercent, owing to expanded materials-based production and higher temperatures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking at nuclear power, IEEJ\u2019s report cites the restart of nine\ndomestic nuclear power plants that have met new regulatory standards, adding\nthat they will have been in operation for an average of nine months during the\ncurrent fiscal year. Their total generated electricity is expected to reach 61.2TWh,\nalmost double the previous year\u2019s amount. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of safety compatibility examinations conducted under the new\nstandards, another six NPPs have not yet been restarted despite obtaining permission\nto make changes to their reactor installations (basic design approvals). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Considering the time required to carry out the necessary safety\nmeasures\u2014and given the uncertainty surrounding the progress of the examinations\non the other NPPs\u2014IEEJ\u2019s report predicts that eleven NPPs, at most, will be operating\nin Japan in the upcoming year for an average of eight months. It also estimates\nthat they will produce some 65.4TWh in total generated electricity, up 7 percent\nyear-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, as for Japan\u2019s primary energy supply, the report expects the\ndomestic use of fossil fuels to decline overall by the end of the current\nfiscal year (i.e., March 31), with the use of oil dropping by 3.9 percent\nyear-on-year, that of natural gas by 3.9 percent, and that of coal by 0.3\npercent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking at the upcoming fiscal year, each of those figures is expected\nto fluctuate less than one percent in either direction, indicating a slight shift\naway from fossil fuels toward other sources, including nuclear power and\nrenewable energies.\n\nIEEJ\u2019s report estimates\nthat energy-derived CO2 emissions in Japan during the current fiscal year will\nreach 1,073 million tons, down 3.5 percent, and predicts a further decline of\njust 0.4 percent to 1,069 million tons in the upcoming fiscal year. That would\nrepresent the smallest reduction in six years, attributable to the slowing pace\nof the adoption of non-fossil power sources. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
According to the report, Japan\u2019s domestic primary energy supply has been falling during the current fiscal year (through March 2019) following last year\u2019s spike in consumption stemming from an unprecedented severe winter. In the next fiscal year, the figure is expected to reach 461.6 Mtoe, up just 0.2 percent, owing to expanded materials-based production and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[68],"class_list":["post-3653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ieej"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t