Japan's first auction for long-term zero emissions power capacity has attracted strong bidding interest with a plan to install battery storage, as investment in the power storage system is gaining momentum in line with expanded use of fluctuating renewable energy sources.
A planned 10 gas-fired generation units have won Japan's first long-term zero emissions power capacity auction, with the awarded capacity totalling nearly 6GW, or auction volumes sought for the first three years of the programme.
Japan's largest electricity producer by capacity Jera has shut the 360MW No.1-4 combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) units at its Chiba power complex because of a technical problem.
Japanese housing and energy company Daiwa House Industry will close this week the 112MW biomass and coal co-fired generation unit at its Hibikinada power complex to fully convert it to biomass.
Japan's power sector is accelerating the phasing out of inefficient coal-fired plants to help reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions. But LNG-based gas-fired generation capacity is forecast to increase, at least over the next decade.