Nippon Paper Akita power station

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Nippon Paper Akita power station is a cancelled power station in Akita, Tōhoku, Japan. It is also known as Akita Biomass Combustion Power Plant.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Nippon Paper Akita power station Akita, Tōhoku, Japan 39.7417, 140.058588 (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

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Nippon Paper Group Inc [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): pulp & paper
  • Captive industry: Power

Background

Nippon Paper has proposed a 112 MW thermal power station in Akita, with a planned operation date of 2018.[1][2]

In February 2019 Nippon Paper announced that the plant had been cancelled because "the project cannot yield initially expected investment returns."[3]

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