The electric power industry in Japan covers the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy in Japan. Japan consumed 995.26 TWh of electricity in 2014.Before the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, about one third of electricity in the country was generated by nuclear power.In the following years, most nuclear power plants have been on hold, being replaced mostly by coal and natural gas.Solar power is a growing source of electricity, and Japan has the third largest solar installed capacity with about 50 GW as of 2017.