Japan’s Hokkaido Electric shuts 600 MW coal-fired unit as earthquake hits

Japan’s Hokkaido Electric shut its 600 MW No. 2 coal-fired unit at the Tomato-atsuma power plant unexpectedly at 18:55 local time (09:55 GMT) on June 11 around the time when a major earthquake rocked nearby offshore Urakawa. In a June 11 updated filing to the Hatsuden Joho Kokai System, Hokkaido Electric said the shutdown was triggered by the earthquake. The…