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| skibboy | 1 Sep 2012, 01:42 AM Post #1 |
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Saturday, Sep. 1, 2012 Four sources face sixfold boost Renewable energy plan sees no nukes Kyodo, Jiji Environment Minister Goshi Hosono released a new strategy Friday to boost power generation capacity by more than sixfold for four renewable energy categories by 2030 to make it possible to eliminate all nuclear power plants. Announcing the promotion strategy after the day's Cabinet meeting, Hosono said his ministry plans to increase the combined annual capacity of electricity generation using offshore wind, geothermal, biomass and tidal power sources to as much as 19.41 million kw by 2030, compared with 2.96 million kw in fiscal 2010. Specific targets were set at 8.03 million kw for offshore wind power, 3.88 million kw for geothermal power, 6 million kw for biomass power, and 1.5 million kw for tidal power. In fiscal 2010, offshore wind power generation totaled 30,000 kw, geothermal power 530,000 kw, biomass power 2.4 million kw and tidal power zero. While the government is studying options to cut nuclear energy's share of total power generation to zero, 15 percent, or 20 to 25 percent by 2030 in light of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, the strategy is designed to allow for the zero percent option. Hosono said floating ocean wind power generators should be developed by 2020 to achieve the target of generating the same output as eight nuclear reactors. Nuclear panel limbo JIJI The Diet may not vote on appointments to the new nuclear regulatory commission before the legislative session ends Sept. 8. A vote is unlikely in the current session, a senior Diet affairs official in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan confirmed Thursday. This is because some DPJ members, including ex-Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, oppose appointing Shunichi Tanaka, former acting chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, as head of the regulatory body, describing him as pronuclear. There is concern within the DPJ that forcing the votes could cause more lawmakers to quit the party. Another DPJ executive said holding the votes would be difficult as the opposition parties have boycotted deliberations since the opposition-controlled Upper House passed a censure motion against Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Wednesday. The government has until Sept. 26 to set up the nuclear regulatory body. If the Diet doesn't act, Noda has the power to appoint the commission's members as a stopgap measure. source:
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