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Cheap offshore wind 'puts $71bn of Japanese coal assets at risk'

Consumers face costs from 'stranded' plants as wind at sea outcompetes new coal as early as 2022, says study

Environmental activists take part in a protest calling on the Group of 20 nations (G20) to end funding for coal and fossil fuels, outside the Embassy of Japan in June 2019.
Environmental activists take part in a protest calling on the Group of 20 nations (G20) to end funding for coal and fossil fuels, outside the Embassy of Japan in June 2019.Foto: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
Published 7 October 2019, 08:09Updated 7 October 2019, 08:25
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