In fiscal year 2021, the thermal power electricity output in Japan amounted to approximately 776.33 billion kilowatt hours, the lowest number of the past decade. Within the observed period, figures peaked in 2013 at more than 987 billion kilowatt hours, but have been on a steady downward trend since then.
Of the total electricity output in Japan, thermal power accounted for around 80 percent during the measured period.
Thermal power electricity output in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021
(in billion kilowatt hours)
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 27, 2023). Thermal power electricity output in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in billion kilowatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/626202/japan-thermal-power-electricity-output/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Thermal power electricity output in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in billion kilowatt hours)." Chart. September 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed February 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/626202/japan-thermal-power-electricity-output/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2023). Thermal power electricity output in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in billion kilowatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/626202/japan-thermal-power-electricity-output/
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