Japan's Kansai Electric cancels new LNG-fired power plant

Utility to focus on decarbonization as nuclear reactors restart

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Kansai Electric, which serves greater Osaka, has been scaling back its fossil-fuel power operations. (Kansai Electric Power Co.)

HISASHI IWATO and SHIMPEI NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writers

OSAKA -- Kansai Electric Power has decided not to build a new liquefied natural gas-fired power plant planned southwest of Osaka, Nikkei has learned, shifting its resources instead to hydrogen, nuclear and other energy sources that can help reduce carbon emissions.

The facility was most recently slated to come online as early as fiscal 2033. With an output capacity of 3.7 gigawatts, it was expected to become one of the largest fossil-fuel power plants operated by Kansai Electric, which serves greater Osaka.

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