Matsuura Kyushu power station

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Matsuura Kyushu power station (九州電力 松浦発電所) is an operating power station of at least 1700-megawatts (MW) in Matsuura, Nagasaki, Japan. It is also known as Matsuura power station, Matsuura No.2 (Unit 2).

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Matsuura Kyushu power station Matsuura, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan 33.350364, 129.683244 (exact)
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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2: 33.350364, 129.683244

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Emergency/Backup
Unit 1 Operating coal: bituminous[1] 700 supercritical 1989 False
Unit 2 Operating coal: bituminous[1] 1000 ultra-supercritical 2019 False

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [100%] Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [100.0%]
Unit 2 Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [100%] Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Coal source(s): imported

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Background

The Matsuura power station is a single-unit 700 MW coal-fired power station owned by Kyushu Electric Power Company. The unit went into operation in 1989 and construction on a second unit began in 2001, with an expected completion date of 2005. Waning demand for electricity pushed the start date back to 2011, but construction was suspended in 2004.[2]

Description of Expansion

The Kyushu Electric Power Company is building a new 1,000 megawatt coal-fired unit at the power station.[3] In its 2013 planning document the company does not indicate when construction is nominally intended to begin but states that it would be commissioned in 2023 "or later".[4] The power station was permitted in 2014.[5]

In March 2014 Kyushu Electric Power Co. said it would begin construction on the second unit at the Matsuura Thermal Power Station once a bid was selected, with a planned commissioning of June 2020.[2] The bid was selected in February 2015 and the power station is under construction.[6]

According to Kyushu Electric in 2016, construction is ahead of schedule and may be completed in December 2019.[7] According to the Kiko Network the plant began trial operations in May 2019.[8] Unit 2 was commissioned on Dec. 20, 2019.[9]

In October 2023, Kyushu Electric announced that an ammonia co-firing test would be conducted at Matsuura Kyushu power station in November 2023.[10]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.gem.wiki/Coal_source_methodology_for_the_Global_Coal_Plant_Tracker. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kyuden Resumes Power Plant Construction in Nagasaki," Fukuoka now, Mar. 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Matsura Japan," Jpower, accessed Jan 2014.
  4. ↑ Kyushu Electric Power Company, "Outline of Supply Plan for FY2013", March 2013, page 1.
  5. ↑ "Outline of Supply Plan for FY2014," Kyushu Electric Power Company, March 2014
  6. ↑ "火力電源入札の落札者決定について," 九州電力株式会社, Feb 16, 2015
  7. ↑ "松浦発電所2号機/九州電力/長崎県松浦市," Kiko Network, accessed May 2017
  8. ↑ Matsuura No.2 , Kiko Network, accessed July 2019
  9. ↑ Kyuden Matsuura 2, Kiko Network, accessed January 2020
  10. ↑ 松浦発電所においてアンモニア混焼試験を実施します, 九州電力株式会社, October 30, 2023

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