Coal-fired Power Plant
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Strong Opposition Forces Indefinite Postponement of Construction Plans for Dangjin Coal-fired Power Plant in S. Korea
The South Korean Government is planning to build a number of new coal-fired power plants as Japan. Citizens, h…
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Will Japan continue to develop coal power plants!? ; The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry released “the technology road map for next-generation coal power plants”
In June 2016, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released “The Technology Road Map for Next-Ge…
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EIA -evading small-scale coal-fired power plants have started construction without pollutant emissions data disclosure
On July15th, Kiko Network released “A survey on small-scale coal-fired power plant projects”. By requesting in…
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Environmental NGOs request Tokyo Gas to switch to renewable from coal
Environmental NGOs request Tokyo Gas to switch to renewable from coal The “e-shift”, civil network organizatio…
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Stranded assets and thermal coal in Japan: an analysis of environment-related risk exposure
This working paper is an analysis of environment-related risk exposure of thermal coal in Japan. It is made by…
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The incompatibility of high efficient coal technology with 2°C scenarios
This report shows that high-efficient low-emission (HELE) coal-fired electricity generation is incompatible wi…
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Why is Tokyo Gas too, constructing coal power, not gas? – Despite Environmental Minister’s objection, Sodegaura’s coal project keeps moving forward –
Sodegarua coal-fired power plant in Chiba is one of the 5 projects that the Minister of the Environment object…
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Role of Ministry Environment questioned over coal plant approval
On February 8th, several media outlets reported that the Ministry of the Environment eased its opposition to p…
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Loophole of the EIA: How we can stop the upsurge of small-scale coal plants? Who will follow Osaka Gas’ lead?
At the end of 2015, the Ministry of Environment released their summary report on the environmental issues surr…
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Why construction plans for coal plants come back from the dead?
Some coal power construction plans which had been postponed for a long time are brought back due to the recent…
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New Launch of “Japan Coal Plant Tracker”
＜Press Release＞ New Launch of “Japan Coal Plant Tracker” https://sekitan.jp/plant-map November 24th, 2015 Kik…
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Public in the dark about soon-to-be-operated small-scale coal-fired power plant in Sendai
Already one year has passed since an article in the Nikkei Newspaper (September 26th, 2014) talked about a pla…
