Maeda-Ofunato power station

From Global Energy Monitor

Maeda-Ofunato power station is an operating power station of at least 75-megawatts (MW) in Ofunato, Iwate, Tōhoku, Japan. It is also known as Maeda co-fired power station, Maeda-Ofunato co-fired power station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Maeda-Ofunato power station Ofunato, Iwate, Tōhoku, Japan 39.068, 141.725222 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 cancelled coal - unknown, bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids) 112 subcritical
Unit 1 operating[1] bioenergy - agricultural waste (solids)[1] 75[1] 2020[1]

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Operator
Unit 1 Ofunato Power Generation CO Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 1 Ofunato Power Generation CO LTD[1] Taiheiyo Cement[1]

Unit-level fuel conversion details:

Unit 1: Converted from coal - unknown, bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids) to bioenergy - agricultural waste (solids) in 2020.

Background

In November 2014, Maeda Corporation announced plans for a 112 MW-plus biomass power station that would be co-fired with wood chips and coal. The projected cost was 30 billion yen. It was planned for the Tohoku region.[2][3]

In June 2017, Maeda announced that the plant would switch from coal-biomass mix-fuel to biomass mono-fuel combustion. Maeda attributed the switch to the rapid increase in the number of planned coal-fired plants in the country and “reconsideration of the plan to reduce environmental impact under current Japanese energy conditions”.[4]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220830172230/https://www.erex.co.jp/news/pressrelease/400/. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "前田建設/バイオマス発電検討/東北に混焼100メガワット超," Kensetsu News, 2014-11-20
  3. "大船渡港バイオマス混焼石炭火力発電所/前田建設工業(株)/岩手県," Kiko Network, accessed May 2017
  4. Small scale power plant in Ofunato announced switching from coal to biomass, Kiko Network, June 21, 2017

Additional data

To access additional data, including interactive maps of the power stations, downloadable datasets, and summary data, please visit the Global Bioenergy Power Tracker and the Global Coal Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.