Coal-fired Power Plant
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MoE Launches follow-up committee on Guidelines for Small-Scale Thermal Power Generation
On December 26th, 2014, the Ministry of the Environment (MoE) held the first meeting to follow up on the guide…
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Beijing attempts to tackle air pollution from coal plants
In a matter of weeks, Beijing has made a series of announcements to show its dedication to reducing the harmfu…
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【Update】37 coal-fired power plants with combined capacity of 15,464MW are under planning in Japan.
We have updated our list of domestic coal-fired power plants that are slated to be built, under the bidding pr…
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【Update】35 coal-fired power plants with combined capacity of 14,527MW are under planning in Japan.
We have updated our list of domestic coal-fired power plants that are slated to be built, under the bidding pr…
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Protests against Kobe Steel Coal-fired Power Plant begin!
On 1st November, the 17th National Forum on Problems of Coal-fired Power Plants was held in Kobe city. On the …
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The Kanden & Itochu are planning a coal power plant in Sendai
According to the media coverage on September 25th, the Kansai Electric Power Company (Kanden) and a sub…
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Japanese utilities’ onslaught of coal plant assessments, power bids met with cold reception by opponents
Now seems to be the season for environmental assessments for proposed plants as numerous plans to build new Ja…
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The Minister of Environment comments on “world’s most efficient” IGCC power plants
On July 3rd, the Minister of Environment commented on the planning phase environmental impact statement for TE…
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Request to Minister of Environment to consider CO2 measures equivalent to natural gas plants for new coal plants
On July 1st, the Minister of Environment submitted comments on the environmental impact statement for unit 1 o…
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CO2 not considered in “environmental” impact statement for planned coal power plant in Ibaraki
Kashima Power released its planning phase environmental impact statement for its new coal-fired power plant se…
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Environment Minister comments on Hibiki natural gas-fired power plant environmental statement, urges the closing of older power plants
On May 30th 2014, the Minister of the Environment commented on the planning phase environmental impact stateme…
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TEPCO’s new coal power plants in Fukushima set to be built, CO2 emissions not considered in impact statement
TEPCO released its environmental impact statement on May 16th, 2014 for 2 new coal-fired power plants in Fukus…
