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.

Shimonoseki Power Station Unit 1 (coal, 175,000 kW) was decommissioned at the end of January, bringing the total number of units currently in operation to 171.

On December 22, just before the end of the year, JERA started commercial operation of the Yokosuka Power Station Unit 2, two months ahead of the original schedule.