Japan to curb thermal power to spur production of renewables

Tokyo seeks change in ways that will avoid supply-demand imbalance

20211207 Evening Scoop Energy Japan

Tokyo wants to encourage the production of renewable energy by shifting away from thermal power generation. (Source photos by courtesy of Taisho Kaneyama Farm and Masaru Shioyama)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan is set to ask thermal power plants to lower their outputs to 20% or 30% of their capacity, likely during sunny spells in the spring and fall seasons, Nikkei has learned, in an effort to expand renewable energy generation.

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