Japanese Executive Defends Role of Coal-Fired Thermal Power
Tokyo, May 3 (Jiji Press)--Japanese electricity industry leader Kingo Hayashi said Thursday that coal-fired thermal power plants will play a major role in the country until the end amid international calls for abolishing them to cut carbon emissions.
Coal-fired power plants can reduce carbon dioxide emissions with new technologies, Hayashi, chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, said in an interview.
(2024/05/03-15:46)
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