Marubeni to help build smart grid in Philippines

Project with power providers for green city at former US base site

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Manila Electric workers balance on power grid lines. The utility is joining with Japanese companies to build a smart grid for a city under construction in the Philippines. © Reuters

YUJI OHIRA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Marubeni said Thursday that it will team with Kansai Electric Power and Chubu Electric Power to efficiently deliver electricity to a Filipino green city being built on the site of a former U.S. military base.

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