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Mitsubishi Corp. will conduct a feasibility study to help
address global warming by popularizing energy-saving Japanese home appliances
in Vietnam, it has been learned.
Working in cooperation with five electric appliance makers,
including Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp., Mitsubishi will verify how much
carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced through the
end of March 2011.
In Vietnam, electricity shortages have become a serious problem
as rapid industrialization has seen demand for power increase by about 16
percent per year.
The project aims to suppress growth in the country's energy
consumption by promoting the use of products from Japan, including
energy-efficient air conditioners, refrigerators and light bulbs.
The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry is supporting
projects that allow Japanese companies to count their reductions of greenhouse
gas emissions in emerging nations as part of their emission quotas in Japan.
The ministry designated Mitsubishi's plan as one of these
greenhouse reduction projects Wednesday.
Fourteen other projects selected by the ministry include a
Tokyo Electric Power Co. proposal under which that company will examine how
much greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced if it wins a contract associated
with a nuclear power station in Vietnam.
The ministry selected 15 other projects in August.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
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