JERA, one of the world's largest buyers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), said on Wednesday its new gas-fired unit at Anegasaki thermal power station near Tokyo has a generating capacity of 650 megawatts (MW).
The company plans to launch two more new units with same-capacity at Anegasaki in April and August, respectively.
Separately, Kobe Steel, Japan's third-biggest steelmaker,
said it launched its coal-fired unit 4 with a capacity of 650 MW
at Kobe power station near the country's second-biggest
metropolis of Osaka, to supply Kansai Electric Power Co , it said.
Energy-poor Japan is expanding its in cleaner fuels, such as
ammonia and hydrogen, and is developing carbon capture projects,
as it moves towards its goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050,
on par with other developed nations.
(Reporting by Katya Golubkova; editing by Uttaresh.V)
