Tepco’s Coal Burning More Than Doubled on Idled Nuclear Reactors
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Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan’s biggest power utility, burned twice as much coal for power generation in 2013 than it did in 2012 as the company spent the entire year without using any nuclear capacity.
The Tokyo-based utility known as Tepco used 6.4 million metric tons of coal last year, compared with 3.1 million in 2012, according to Bloomberg News calculations based on data from the company’s website. LNG use rose 1.8 percent to 24 million tons.