Study: Japanese coal expansion plans facing $56bn stranded asset risk

Madeleine Cuff
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Planned fleet of new coal-fired power stations would massively exceed current capacity requirements, according to University of Oxford research

Japan's government is in the process of building a new fleet of coal-fired power stations that could prove worthless in a few decades as a result of overcapacity and falling energy costs, potentially stranding...

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