Joetsu power station

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Joetsu power station is an operating power station of at least 572-megawatts (MW) in Joetsu, Niigata, Japan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Joetsu power station Joetsu, Niigata, Japan 37.206141, 138.278456 (approximate)[1][2]

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[3][1][4][5] fossil gas - LNG[1] 572[6][1] combined cycle[7] 2023[6][8][5]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc [100.0%]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20210309212122/https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/natural-gas/102315-japans-tohoku-electric-to-buy-300000-mtyear-lng-from-chubu-for-20-years-from-2023. Archived from the original on 09 March 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20221207042934/https://www.jera.co.jp/english/business/thermal-power/list/joetsu/. Archived from the original on 07 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20221015120957/https://www.tohoku-epco.co.jp/power_plant/thermal.html. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20210227114821/https://hjks.jepx.or.jp/hjks/unit. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221201205236/https://power.mhi.com/news/20210930.html. Archived from the original on 01 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220618170005/https://www.tohoku-epco.co.jp/ir/report/factbook/pdf/fact01.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210510083929/https://www.jepic.or.jp/pub/pdf/epijJepic2019.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20221006224006/https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/topics/coronavirus-impacts-commodity-markets. Archived from the original on 06 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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