Japan's eRex plans coal-to-biomass power plant conversion

Independent power supplier expects to bring down generation costs

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eRex intends to clean up some of Japan's coal-fired power plants by refitting them to run on biomass fuel. (Photo courtesy of eRex)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- A biomass power plant operator in Japan is in the process of purchasing coal-fired plants from a major power company and other parties that it plans to refit so that they burn its cleaner fuel, Nikkei has learned.

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