JERA to decommission 3 oil-fired power plants

• 7 months ago (2023-09-27)
• David Flin

Asia 851 Oil 17

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JERA , Japan’s biggest power generator, has announced that it will decommission three oil-fired power stations with a combined capacity of 2.6 GW at Hirono in eastern Japan in October 2023.

The move comes as the company is replacing old thermal power plants with new ones with lower CO2 emissions.

JERA, a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power and Chubu Electric Power , will permanently close the 43-year-old 0.6 GW No 1 unit, the 34-year-old 1 GW No 3 unit, and the 30-year-old 1 GW No 4 Unit at Hirono, all of which were shut down in 2016-2018.

JERA is currently replacing 2.99 GW thermal power plants with new facilities.