Major trading companies Marubeni and Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. have announced that they have abandoned their plans for a coal-fired power plant in Akita City.
The number of new construction plans for coal-fired power plants in Japan has now become zero, and while the reduction of coal-fired power plants is an issue for the realization of a carbon-free society, it is difficult to construct new ones in the future.
Marubeni and Kansai Electric Power's subsidiaries have announced plans to jointly build a 1.3 million kilowatt coal-fired power plant in an industrial park in Akita City in 2015.
Regarding this, the two companies announced on the 27th that they would abandon the plan, saying that it became difficult to see the feasibility of the business.
We are considering whether we can build a biomass power plant that uses wood as fuel at the planned site.
At the time of the announcement of this plan, the then Minister of the Environment Marukawa had objected to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which approves the plan, saying that the plan could not be approved, saying that the achievement of the greenhouse gas reduction target would be jeopardized. It was.
With the abandonment of this plan, there will be no new construction plans for coal-fired power plants in Japan.
Investment and financing of coal-fired power in the financial industry amid the challenge of reducing coal-fired power plants to achieve the government's new goal of reducing greenhouse gases by 46% in 2030 compared to 2013. In principle, it is difficult to establish a new facility in the future, such as the movement to cancel it.