Nippon Steel (NSC) Kashima Works power station

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Nippon Steel (NSC) Kashima Works power station (日本製鉄 鹿島製鐵所) is an operating power station of at least 522-megawatts (MW) in Kashima Area, Kashima, Ibaraki, Kantō, Japan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Nippon Steel (NSC) Kashima Works power station	Kashima Area, Kashima, Ibaraki, Kantō, Japan	35.947067, 140.688737 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• ': 35.947067, 140.688737

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year
Operating	coal: unknown	522	supercritical	2007

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Owner	Parent
Nippon Steel Corp [100%]	Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

• Captive industry use (heat or power): power
• Captive industry: Other Metals & Mining

Background

The Kashima Iron Works plant is owned and operated by Sumitomo Metal Industries and Nippon Steel. According to the U.S. Geological Survey: "Sumitomo Metals Kashima thermal power plant began commercial operation in June 2007. Construction of the plant started in January 2004. The $545 million coal-fired plant had a generating capacity of 507 megawatts. Power would be supplied to Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. for 15 years." In April 2020, the Kashima Iron Works were integrated with the Kamaishi Steel Works and the combined facilities were renamed the "East Japan Steel Works. Kamaishi District."

New power station

On December 9, 2013, J-Power and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal announced that they had formed the new company Kashima Power Company to construct an ultra-super critical 650 MW coal unit on the grounds of the Kashima Iron Works plant. The new Kashima Works power station was commissioned on Jul. 1, 2020

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