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  • Published: Apr 17th, 2009
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Japan utilities set 2020/21 CO2 emissions target


| Sourced From Reuters |

TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) – Japan’s electric power sector aims to improve carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per unit of electricity generated to around 73 percent of the 2008/09 level by the business year 2020/21, an industry association said on Friday. Hurt by the extended shutdown of a quake-hit major nuclear plant, the power sector’s CO2 emissions per kilowatt-hour were estimated to be around 0.45 kg in the 2008/09 business year that ended last month, roughly in line with the previous year’s 0.453 kg, the Federation of Power Companies of Japan said.

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