Tokyo local government to build natural gas-fired power plant

A natural gas-fired thermal plant will be built in Tokyo by the city government.

Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara said that the local government will get the help of private funding including
foreign investment, as the capital faces uncertainty over future power supply.

Construction of the plant is estimated to cost around JPY50 billion or $640 million and will be built and operated by a private sector on a site offered by the local government.

The power generated from the plant will be equal to one nuclear plant.