Ichihara coal proposal
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Ichihara coal proposal is a cancelled power station in Ichihara, Chiba, Kantō, Japan. It is also known as Ichihara power station.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Ichihara coal proposal | Ichihara, Chiba, Kantō, Japan | 35.5, 140.116667 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | cancelled | coal - unknown | 1000 | ultra-supercritical | – | – |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Ichihara Thermal Power Generation [100.0%] |
Project-level coal details
- Coal source(s): imported
Background
In April 2015 Kansai Electric Power (KEPCO) in collaboration with oil company Tonen General Sekiyu said they planned a coal-fired power station of 1,000 MW in Chiba Prefecture. The total project cost is estimated at several hundred billion yen. They aim to start operation of the plant in the mid 2020s. KEPCO plans to sell some of the power to TEPCO households in the metropolitan area.[1]
In October 2015 Japan’s environment minister Tamayo Marukawa said she won’t support the project, and that Japan should develop a plan to meet its stated goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 35 percent from 2013 levels by 2030.[2]
In 2016, Kansai Electric Power and Tonen General Sekiyu continued to move forward with the EIA process.[3]
However, in March 2017 Kansai and Tonen called the project off. In cancelling the plant, the companies cited “changes in the feasibility and the surrounding environment” of the project, which had been questioned by Japan’s environment minister and opposed by many local residents.[4]
Opposition
In 2016, the Tokyo Shimbun (newspaper) mentioned that the “Ichihara Power Generation Plan” could “Sacrifice Tokyo.”[5]
In the spring of 2017, protests were on the rise in Ichihara against the power plant. Some protestors formed a network called “The Group for Studying the Issues of the CFPPs in Tokyo Bay Area (Anti-Coal Tokyo Bay)”.[6] By March 23, 2017, the Ichihara plant was cancelled after considerations for environment and carbon emissions.[7] The Ministry of the Environment in Japan later wrote an opinion against the Ichihara power plant. They specified that the production of the Ichihara plant would impact air pollution, poor rice and sweet potato production, poisoning due to chlorine leakage, and increased respiratory issues for people in nearby neighborhoods.[8]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "関西電力、関東で電気の売上が見込める為石炭火力発電所を建造," Mainichi, 13 April, 2015
- ↑ "Japan Minister Says She Won't Support 2 Coal Power Projects," Bloomberg, Nov 12, 2015
- ↑ "Environmental assessment case in proceedings," Japan Ministry of the Environment, accessed June 2016
- ↑ "Developers Announced the Cancellation of New Coal Power Project in Ichihara, Chiba," Kiko, March 23, 2017
- ↑ "Ichihara and Sodegaura’s coal problem was picked by Tokyo Shimbum", Tokyo Bay Association for Coal Fired Power, Translated by Google, July 16, 2016.
- ↑ "Coal Power Sector in China, Japan, and South Korea", Jiaqiao et al., December 2018.
- ↑ "Ichihara’s plan has been cancelled", Tokyo Bay Association for Coal Fired Power, Translated by Google, March 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Opinion of ‘Ichihara’s Society for Coal-Fired Power’", Tokyo Bay Association for Coal Fired Power, Translated by Google, May 16, 2017.
Additional data
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