Unterdessen haben mehrere Versorger – darunter Chugoku Electric Power, JFE Steel, Kyushu Electric Power, Tokyo Gas, Idemitsu Kosan und kürzlich Osaka Gas – ihre Pläne zum Bau neuer Kohlekraftwerke rückgängig gemacht.
Since then, several utilities – including Chugoku Electric Power, JFE Steel, Kyushu Electric Power, Tokyo Gas, Idemitsu Kosan, and, most recently, Osaka Gas – have canceled plans to build coal-fired power plants.