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NEWS / DOCUMENTS

【Report】IEA publishes two new coal reports

2023.01.10

【Report】IEA publishes two new coal reports

【News】JBC publishes newspaper ad questioning Green Transformation (GX)

2023.01.10

【News】JBC publishes newspaper ad questioning Green Transformation (GX)

【Database Update】Latest status of coal-fired power plants (January 4, 2023)

2023.01.04

【Database Update】Latest status of coal-fired power plants (January 4, 2023)

【News】Kimiko Hirata selected as one of BBC’s 100 Women 2022

2022.12.13

【News】Kimiko Hirata selected as one of BBC’s 100 Women 2022

【News】COP27 concludes without progress on GHG reductions

2022.12.05

【News】COP27 concludes without progress on GHG reductions

【News】While the world phases out coal, more coal-fired power plants start up in Japan

2022.11.29

【News】While the world phases out coal, more coal-fired power plants start up in Japan

【Report】IEA releases World Energy Outlook 2022

2022.11.28

【Report】IEA releases World Energy Outlook 2022

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※The upper-right number is the increase/decrease in the number of power plants since JBC launched in September 2020.

MAP & DATA

Open access map and database of coal-fired power plants in Japan. Updated regularly.

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COAL PHASE-OUT
Roadmap for a 2030 phase-out

RA complete phase-out by 2030 is possible if Japan has the vision, sets targets, adopts the policies, and takes consistent action.

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LOCAL ACTIVITIES

Local Groups and Campaigns

KUSHIRO

Citizens are acting to stop the Kushiro Coal-fired Power Plant in Kushiro City, Hokkaido.

KUSHIRO

SENDAI

Citizens are acting to stop the Sendai Power Station, a coal-fired power plant in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.

SENDAI

YOKOSUKA

Citizens are acting to stop the construction of the only coal-fired power plant in Tokyo Bay, planned for Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.

YOKOSUKA

KOBE

Citizens are acting to stop the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.

KOBE

MATSUSHIMA

In Saikai City, citizens are acting to stop the GENESIS Matsushima project, which aims to add a gasification facility to extend the life of an aging, inefficient coal-fired power plant.

MATSUSHIMA