
Business Nov 18, 2021
Asia looks to release oil reserves after U.S. request
The world's biggest economies said on Thursday they were looking into releasing oil from their strategic reserves, following a rare request from the United States.
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The world's biggest economies said on Thursday they were looking into releasing oil from their strategic reserves, following a rare request from the United States.
The country's refusal to sign a pact to phase out the fuel was short-sighted, critics have said.
Challenergy has designed a turbine that works in cyclonic conditions, which typically shut down most wind installations.
For Japan, which imports all but a tiny amount of its energy needs, higher oil, gas and coal prices are bringing back inflation, with wholesale prices at 13-year highs.
Kansai Electric Power Co. restarted the No. 3 reactor at its Mihama station in Fukui Prefecture on Wednesday.
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Operators can expect as few as six units to restart in the next five years, and fewer than 20 by 2030.
A test site in Japan for burying carbon dioxide (CO2) below the seabed off Hokkaido is showing more promise than other carbon, capture and storage (CCS) projects by cutting costs and increasing efficiency, its developer says. While the $300 million (about ¥32 billion) site at ...
The pace of approvals for nuclear reactor restarts in Japan, where most plants remain shut following the 2011 Fukushima disaster, is unlikely to pick up in the coming years, the new head of Japan's nuclear regulator said in an interview on Tuesday. The comments from ...