Posted on 12/12/2014 5:02:36 AM PST by thackney
The closure of Japan's nuclear power plants following the meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami increased fossil fuel consumption and led to a wave of new coal plant construction.
Japan plans to build 28 new coal-fired power generation units with total capacity of as much as 14,800 megawatts, due to come online in the next decade or so.
Total = 28 units 13,801-14,801 megawatts.
Individual plants and start dates excepted
(Excerpt) Read more at af.reuters.com ...
well at least we can export our coal to them.... keep the miners working. Of course, we’ll be paying through the nose for what little electricity we can get because the wonderful EPA has deemed it necessary to put our power plants out of business.
did they buy their carbon credits like good little doobies?
Was up in Quebec recently and talking to a friend. Power costs for a 1200 sq foot apt, with air conditioning, heat exchanger, heat, and appliances was about 115 per month on budget plan.
That is my bill for lights and appliances (gas dryer and stove)
Put yer damn emergency generators ABOVE the waterline and nuker power will not be a problem again.
What? No solar plants or purty windmills?
Quebec has a large amount of hydro.
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