Suzukawa Energy Center

From Global Energy Monitor

Suzukawa Energy Center (鈴川エネルギーセンター) is an operating power station of at least 196-megawatts (MW) in Fuji, Shizuoka, Chūbu, Japan. It is also known as Fuji Mill Suzukawa, Nippon Paper Fuji power station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Suzukawa Energy Center Fuji, Shizuoka, Chūbu, Japan 35.143303, 138.714274 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 35.143303, 138.714274
  • Unit 1: 35.1435, 138.7149

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating coal - unknown 112 subcritical 2016 2022 (planned)
Unit 1 operating[1] bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids), fossil liquids - waste, other oil[2] 84[2] 2016[2]

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Mitsubishi Corporation Power Ltd
Unit 1 Mitsubishi Corporation Power; Nippon Paper Industries[2]

Project-level captive use details

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

Background

In 2013 Nippon Paper announced that it had reached an agreement and signed a joint venture contract with Mitsubishi Corporation and Chubu Electric Power to build a 100 MW coal plant on the premises of Fuji Mill Suzukawa. Ownership would be shared as follows: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. 20%, Mitsubishi Corporation 70%, and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. 10%. The project would begin output in May 2016.[3]

According to Kiko Network (August 2015), the power station is under construction and planned for operation in September 2016.[4]

A press release dated September 16, 2016, reports the plant was completed.[5]

In December 2019 Mitsubishi announced that the plant would be converted to run on biomass by April 2022.[6]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240131105955/https://www.fit-portal.go.jp/PublicInfo. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220819001715/https://www.chuden.co.jp/publicity/press/3272165_21432.html. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Nippon Paper Industries to Jointly Establish Power Generation Company in Fuji, Shizuoka," Nippon Paper Group press release, August 7, 2013
  4. "Suzukawa Energy Center / Fuji-shi, Shizuoka pref.," Kiko Network, accessed June 2016
  5. "Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. and Partners Complete Construction of Thermal Power Plant in Fuji, Shizuoka," Nippon Paper, Sep 16, 2016
  6. Mitsubishi plans biomass conversion of Japanese power plant, Biomass Magazine, Dec. 5, 2019

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.