[Japan]TEPCO: Rolling power cuts to last at least a year(bad news to industrial production)

Asahi Shimbun ^ | 03/23/11

[TigerLikesRooster]

TEPCO: Rolling power cuts to last at least a year

2011/03/23

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will likely continue its rolling blackouts in the Kanto region for at least a year due to damage at two large thermal power plants, a senior company official said.

The prolonged power outages through this summer and winter will deal a blow not only to residents of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures but also add to business woes.

[colonialhk]

Good news for CoGen

[Defend Liberty]

The ongoing radiation exposure is a far worse problem.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Agriculture of the quake region is badly hit by radiation from Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant. Now the industrial production in the region is shot for at least a year.

This would definitely have impact on Japanese economy as a whole.

[Buckeye McFrog]

another windfall for the ChiComs, as the auto industry will now proceed with moving parts production out of there

[Vigilanteman]

I would not underestimate the ingenuity of the Japanese to manage and deal with rolling blackouts.

[junta]

Good for AGW though.

[NVDave]

I’ll be that they’re really pissed at themselves for tolerating two competing frequency standards in their country right about now...