Tokyo Electric Power Co. is considering enhancing its overseas business by building nuclear power plants in emerging economies in Asia, President Masataka Shimizu said in a recent interview.
"Tokyo Electric has accumulated considerable knowhow on the construction, maintenance and operation of nuclear power stations," Shimizu said. "Based on the assumption that it (overseas nuclear power generation) is profitable, I think we should give it a try."
Tepco is hoping to turn overseas nuclear power generation into a new source of earnings amid slowing electricity demand in Japan.