FACTOID # 2: Japan has 53 working nuclear reactors and is planning to build another 12.
 
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Asia > Japan > Energy

JAPANESE ENERGY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Coal consumption 149,500,000 [7th of 41]
Commercial energy use 4,135.84 [22nd of 119]
Electric generation ability 226,000,000 killowatts [1st of 32]
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel 60 % [134th of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Hydro 8.4 % [110th of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear 29.8 % [15th of 223]
Gasoline prices 1.74 [5th of 141]
Geothermal power use 1,621 [8th of 53]
Natural gas reserves 20,020,000,000 cubic feet [56th of 72]
Nuclear electricity generation 313.8 terawatt-hours [4th of 29]
Nuclear energy consumption 314.9 terawatt-hours [3rd of 28]
Nuclear reactors operable 53 [4th of 29]
Nuclear reactors operable > MWe 44,153 [4th of 29]
Nuclear reactors under construction 3 [4th of 29]
Oil imports > Net 5,300,000 barrels per day [2nd of 21]
Oil refining ability 4,800,000 barrels per day [2nd of 51]
Usage per person 4.13 TOE per person [11th of 18]
Wall plugs > Plug type USA
Wall plugs > Voltage 100 V [209th of 209]
Wind energy installation 896.2 MW [8th of 53]

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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; ; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org; Lund and Freeston; Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2000; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; ANSTO, IAEA, WNA; BP; lEA, Energy Balances of OECD Countries 1999-2000 (lEA, Paris, 2001); World Wind Energy Association

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Japan

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