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Taipower spokesperson Wu Chin-chung said no more business would be done with Russia due to its war in Ukraine. It will get coal from several other countries instead.
Support for nuclear energy has re-emerged in Japan after the war in Ukraine and concern it caused about energy shortages. Kishida's government is also looking at green power sources.
Industry ministry orders officials and firms to eliminate illegal activities in the sector, after the IEA called for a more diverse supply chain to reduce China's PV manufacturing dominance
Some Chinese traders expect more Russian coal to flow into China in the fourth quarter when utilities in the northern region build stocks for the winter heating season.
For a period on Friday solar accounted for about 40% of power on the national market, over coal at 38%, according to the report, which said this is the future under renewables.
China imported 7.15 million tonnes of Russian oil last month via the East Siberia Pacific Ocean pipeline and shipped from Russian ports, but domestic demand was weaker
Some 25 out of 30 respondents in a snap poll predicted a 10-basis-point reduction in the one-year loan prime rate, which banks charge their best clients.
Tenaga Nasional plans to spend $4.5bn annually over the next three decades to help it, and the country, reach net zero emissions by 2050.
Japan's Nikkei closed above 29,000 for the first time in seven months and China and Hong Kong stocks rose. South Korea was down.
The US warned New Delhi that Russian oil was being exported via high-seas transfers to hide its origin – in violation of US sanctions, a top Indian banker official said on Saturday.
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