SPGlobal News Sep 15 - Japan looking at Oil for power genWith the rise in all energy including coal and nat gas....Japan is looking at firing up Oil power generation.
"Some oil-fired units in Japan might be restarted amid rising LNG, coal prices: PAJ chief"
"Japan may see some restarts of oil-fired power generation units this winter, amid soaring LNG and coal prices, Petroleum Association of Japan President Tsutomu Sugimori said Sept. 15, as refiners carry out contingency planning in response to the tightened power supply and demand balance over the past season."
""If this steep rise continues, it would be a matter of comparing costs between oil, coal and LNG thermal power and looking at which sources are cheap and expensive," Sugimori told an online press conference. "By a simple cost comparison, competitiveness of oil-fired power will likely increase amid soaring coal and LNG [prices]."
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https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/091521-some-oil-fired-units-in-japan-might-be-restarted-amid-rising-lng-coal-prices-paj-chief