An offshore wind farm (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Japan is moving toward doubling its ratio of renewable energy by fiscal 2030 in revisions to its basic energy plan expected to be made this summer.
A panel of experts met on May 13 at the economy ministry to discuss a proposal for the new plan under which renewable energy sources would be set somewhere between 35 and 39 percent for fiscal 2030.
In fiscal 2019, renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, supplied about 18 percent of Japan's power demands.
Japan is expected to announce a proposal on revisions to its basic energy plan in time for the Group of Seven summit scheduled to start from June 11 in Britain.