TOKYO -- Kyushu Electric Power plans to withdraw from an LNG-fired power plant to be built in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, Nikkei has learned.
Regional energy company fears rising costs; Tokyo Gas will proceed alone

Kyoshu Electric Power and Tokyo Gas had planned to jointly build a new LNG-fired power plant near Tokyo Gas' Sodegaura LNG facility in Chiba Prefecture. (Photo by Kai Fujii)
TOKYO -- Kyushu Electric Power plans to withdraw from an LNG-fired power plant to be built in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, Nikkei has learned.