On May 25, JERA finally held a briefing session for local residents regarding the explosion that occurred on January 31, 2024 at Taketoyo Thermal Power Station.

As of July 1, 2024, 168 coal-fired power plants were in operation. JBC has listed the units scheduled to be shut down in a summary sheet (PDF).

J-POWER announced the names of aging and inefficient coal-fired power plants that it will be shutting down, but that are not enough to phase-out coal by 2030.

One of major power company, J-POWER, announced it will discontinue few units or make some into a reserve power source by 2030.

Japanese Beyond Coal’s database update : As of May 1, 2024, the number of units in operation remains unchanged from last month at 169 units.

On March 14, J-POWER announced that its Tachibanawan Unit 1 has been out of operation since February 15, due to a steam leak from its reheat steam pipe.

The 169 units counted as in operation as of April 1 includes JERA’s Taketoyo Unit 5 and J-POWER’s Tachibanawan Unit 1, which have both recently been suspended due to accidents.

JERA has refused the residents’ requests for an explanation of the Taketoyo accident. There have been a number of fires caused by biomass fuel over the past several years.

This is a monthly update of Japan Beyond Coal data base. The current unit number in operation is 171, which is same as last month.