Restrictions on Japan’s coal-fired power plants were relaxed Friday as the Asian industrial giant seeks to ease an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war choking oil supplies.
AFP reports the plan was made official at a meeting of a panel of experts, who approved the proposal, the government industry ministry said on its website.
“Given the current situation in the Middle East affecting fuel prices, we believe that uncertainty regarding future LNG procurement is increasing,” an industry ministry official said at the meeting, as Japan looks to follow other countries in returning to burning coal for a reliable source of energy in a troubled…
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