Under the new policy - which describes nuclear power as "a power source that contributes to energy security and has a high decarbonisation effect" - Japan will maximise the use of existing reactors by restarting as many of them as possible and prolonging the operating life of aging ones beyond the current 60-year limit.

The deals come as Japan’s government is reevaluating how it can enhance energy security in the face of a fuel crunch at home. Global LNG supply is slated to remain tight for years, which threatens to increase import costs and add to rising inflation.

По оценкам МАГАТЭ, к 2050 г. установленная мощность АЭС во всем мире вырастет до 873 ГВт, что на 10 % больше, чем агентство ожидало в прошлогоднем прогнозе. По данным МЭА, к 2030 г. выработка АЭС в мире вырастет на 16–22 % и на 38–65 % к 2050 г.

Russian sales of LNG doubled from a year earlier to 852,000 tons in November, despite a 5.4% decline in China’s total purchases of the super-chilled fuel, according to Chinese customs data.

The thermal coal volume traded between Mozambique and India for November and December has been comparable with volumes sourced from South Africa.

While expressing satisfaction with the high level of bilateral cooperation that has been developing on the basis of the Russian-Indian privileged strategic partnership, the two leaders discussed in detail the prospects for practical cooperation in mutual investment, energy, agriculture, transport and logistics.

The deal is also intended to support Vietnam’s new target of accelerating the peaking of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 2030 (from 2035 previously) and reducing its peak annual power sector emissions by up to 30%, to 170 MtCO2eq from 240 MtCO2eq.

В середине ноября стало известно, что Индия намерена в два раза нарастить объем торговли с Россией, а переход на расчеты в национальных валютах должен стать для этого дополнительным стимулом.

The present installed nuclear power capacity comprises of 22 reactors with a total capacity of 6780MWe. In addition, one reactor, KAPP-3 (700MWe) has recently been connected to the grid.

Export loadings of Russian crude averaged 3.02 million b/d in the week ending Dec. 11, little changed from the week before and in line with the November average of 3.07 million b/d

За первые восемь месяцев 2022 года экспорт российской нефти в Индию вырос до 16,35 млн т, уже летом Россия вышла на второе место по отгрузке нефти в Индию. Увеличились также поставки нефтепродуктов и угля.

Seaborne exports of Russian crude averaged 3.07 million b/d in November, down from 3.09 million b/d in October and just below the pre-war average of 3.1 million b/d in January and February.

The Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) traded a record 1,14,53,200mn Btu (about 290mn m3) gas volumes in November, up 1,359% year/year, it said on December 5. The trade volumes were up 179% month/month.

CNNC announced in July 2019 the launch of a project to construct an ACP100 reactor - also referred to as the Linglong One - at Changjiang.

Having deployed more than 5.6GW of solar in October, China’s cumulative additions for the first ten months of 2022 were 58.2GW, more than was installed in the whole of 2021.