TOKYO -- Japan is seeking to enlist private companies in a program to boost the country’s natural gas-fired power capacity by the equivalent of seven or eight power plants to cope with projected power shortages, Nikkei has learned.
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Japan plans crash program to build gas-fired power plants
Project seeks to relieve country from power shortages by tapping LNG
A natural gas-fired power plant in Japan's Kansai region. The fuel accounts for the largest portion of the country's electricity generation.
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