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【Database Update】Latest status of coal-fired power plants (May 1, 2025)
As of May 1, 165 units are in operation. Nippon Steel is planning to replace 3 coal units at Tobata Kyodo Power Station by 2040 for replacing to an LNG-fired power plant.
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【News】Progress on CCS projects: Not a solution for thermal power decarbonization
The CCS/CCUS projects are steadily underway under the Green Transformation strategy and JOGMEC announced the 9 location of Advanced CCS Projects and companies.
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【Database Update】Latest status of coal-fired power plants (April 1, 2025)
The number of units in operation as of April 1, 2025 is 165, decreased one unit from last month following the termination of Tosa Power Plant.
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【News】 JERA’s Taketoyo Thermal Power Station resumes operation after explosion
JERA announced that it would restart its Taketoyo Thermal Power Station around January 2025. Is it really necessary to restart the plant over the opposition?
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【News】 Cabinet approves 7th Strategic Energy Plan, Plan for Global Warming Countermeasures, and GX2040 Vision
On February 18, 2025, 3 important policies – 7th Strategic Energy Plan, Plan for Global Warming Countermeasures, and GX2040 Vision – were approved by Japan’s Cabinet.
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【News】Hokuriku Electric Power again postpones the phase-out of coal-fired power
Hokuriku Electric Power announced that it postpone the retirement of Toyama Shinko Power Station Coal Unit 1, which had been planned to be shut down by FY2024.
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【News】“The time to stop the climate crisis is now” urges youth at Japan’s Youth Climate Case’s second oral argument
On February 18, the second oral argument for the “Youth Climate Case Japan” was held at the Nagoya District Court. Two plaintiffs delivered messages after the hearing.
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【Database Update】Latest status of coal-fired power plants (March 1, 2025)
On February 27, Hokuriku Electric Power Company announced that the coal unit 1 of Toyama Shinko Thermal Power Station will continue to operate until FY2028.
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【News】Japan’s new 2040 energy targets continue reliance on fossil fuels
The draft of the 7th Strategic Energy Plan and reference values for energy supply and supply and demand forecasts for FY2040 were compiled on December 25, 2024.
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【Database Update】 Latest status of coal-fired power plants (February 1, 2025)
The number of operating units is same as last month, but JERA’s Taketoyo Thermal Power has re-started operation on January 7 without using biomass.
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【News】Call to Action for No New Coal, but Japan not participating
On November 20, at the COP29, the “Call to Action for No New Coal” initiative was launched, aiming to halt the development of new unabated coal power plants.
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【Database Update】 Latest status of coal-fired power plants (January 1, 2025)
Japan Beyond Coal update. EIAs for two gas-fired power plants are in progress while the phase-out of coal-fired power plants has not progressed.
