Isogo 600-MW Ultrasupercritical Thermal Power Station
Japanese companies have cancelled plans to build about 4,800 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired power generation capacity since 2017, according to a Reuters survey.
Nevertheless the country still plans a wave of new coal-fired power stations as it struggles to revive its nuclear industry, which is still mostly shut down in the wake of the Fukushima disaster of 2011.
Nuclear power contributed nearly a third of total electricity generated before the catastrophe.
Companies are planning to build 21 new coal-fired power-generation units with total capacity of as much as 12,581 MW, within the next decade.
Japan had coal generation capacity totalling 43,120 MW at the end of March this year and that figure is expected to reach 52,400 MW in 2023, according the country's grid monitor.
The following is a list of coal-fired power-generation units that utilities, steelmakers and other companies are planning or considering building, along with their scheduled start of operations. Capacity figures are in megawatts.
Company Size (MW) Start of operations
Tohoku Electric 600 Aug. 2019
Kyushu Electric 1,000 Dec. 2019
IDI Infrastructures 112 Nov. 2020
J-Power 600 June 2020
J-Power 645 July 2020
Nippon Steel 540 Sept. 2020
JERA 650 Feb. 2021
Chugoku Electric 112 March 2021
Hiroshima Gas 540 Sept. 2021
Kobe Steel 650 March 2022
JERA 1,070 March 2022
Chugoku Electric 1,000 Nov. 2022
Kobe Steel 650 March 2023
Shikoku Electric 500 June 2023
J-Power 600 No date
JERA 650 2023
JERA 650 No date
JERA 650 2024
J-Power 600 No date
ABL 112 April 2022
The 10 largest coal producers and exporters in Indonesia:
- Bumi Resouces
- Adaro Energy
- Indo Tambangraya Megah
- Berau Coal
- Bukit Asam
- Baramulti Sukses Sarana
- Harum Energy
- Mitrabara Adiperdana
- Samindo Resources
- United Tractors
Source: Reuters
