
日本と東南アジア諸国など11カ国がフィリピン・マニラでAZEC閣僚会合を開催し、中東情勢悪化を受けてエネルギー安全保障の重要性が高まる中、石油備蓄を強化するための作業計画に合意した。原油調達への金融協力として1.6兆円を表明し、脱炭素化支援のためのトランジション・ファイナンス枠組みも新設した。
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中東情勢の悪化によりエネルギー安全保障の重要性が高まっている中、日本と東南アジア諸国など11カ国は脱炭素化に向けた連携枠組みであるアジア・ゼロエミッション共同体(AZEC)を通じて協力を強化している。
【マニラ時事】脱炭素化に向けた日本と東南アジア諸国など11カ国の連携枠組み「アジア・ゼロエミッション共同体(AZEC)」の閣僚会合が8日、フィリピンの首都マニラで開かれた。中東情勢悪化に伴いエネルギー安全保障の重要性が高まる中、各国が石油備蓄を強化していくための作業計画に合意した。
原油調達へ金融協力1.6兆円 高市首相、AZEC首脳会合で表明―エネ・物資供給網を強化
計画に基づき、備蓄に必要なインフラ整備や、緊急時の協調放出の仕組みづくりを検討する。加えて、アジア開発銀行(ADB)などと連携し、脱炭素化を支援する「トランジション・ファイナンス」の枠組みも新設した。
赤沢亮正経済産業相は会合に寄せたビデオメッセージで、今後もエネルギー供給を巡る不確実性は続くと指摘。その上で、「需給システムの強靱(きょうじん)化に向け、力を合わせなければならない」と訴えた。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
AZEC枠組み内での石油備蓄インフラ整備が進められる
Likely · Within months
トランジション・ファイナンスを通じた脱炭素化支援が本格化する
Possible · Within months

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak announced that a tanker carrying 40,000 tons of diesel oil bound for the United States will depart on the 22nd. The supply will be made based on the US-Russian summit agreement as a consideration for the US Republican Party, which is facing soaring diesel oil prices ahead of the US mid-term elections.

There are voices questioning the effectiveness of the partial easing of sanctions against Russia and the agreement to supply Russian diesel oil, which the Trump administration announced in response to soaring diesel oil prices. Retail prices of diesel oil across the United States are rising, and experts have pointed out that this will not solve the fundamental problem.

Minoru Yasui, president of Chubu Electric Power, who was appointed on the 1st to replace the previous president who resigned in response to the data fraud scandal at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, held a press conference. The company made preventing recurrence and restoring trust its top priority, and announced its intention to publish the original standard seismic ground motion.

On the 25th, Chubu Electric Power announced that four new cases of inappropriate rewriting of decommissioning work documents for Units 1 and 2 of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant were discovered, bringing the total to 18. In order to make it appear that things were progressing according to plan, reports were made that differed from actual results, and there is a possibility that expenses were fraudulently claimed in a total of eight cases.

Tokyo Electric Power Co., Ltd. and Japan Atomic Power Co. have proposed a new plan for an interim storage facility in Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture, in which Kansai Electric Power and Tohoku Electric Power will participate. Aiming to secure 5,000 tons as originally planned, it is assumed that delivery will begin around 2028. Prefectures and cities will now decide whether to accept them.

Chubu Electric Power President Kingo Hayashi held a press conference in Nagoya on the 14th and announced the withdrawal of the application for restart review of Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 and 4. Although he apologized for the fraud issue, he emphasized his stance of maintaining the nuclear power plant and indicated that he would aim to reapply.