Rengo Kanazu Mill power station

Part of the Global Coal Plant Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.

Download full dataset

Report an error

Related coal trackers:

Global Coal Mine Tracker Global Coal Terminals Tracker Global Coal Project Finance Tracker

Rengo Kanazu Mill power station (レンゴー 金津工場) is an operating power station of at least 37-megawatts (MW) in Kanazu Mill, Awara, Fukui, Japan. It is also known as Rengo Kanazu Mill 2-4.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rengo Kanazu Mill power station	Kanazu Mill, Awara, Fukui, Fukui, Japan	36.213143, 136.241349 (exact)

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

Loading map...

{"type":"HYBRID","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":16,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":36.213143,"lon":136.241349,"icon":""}]}

Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 4: 36.213143, 136.241349

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 4	operating	coal - unknown, other - tires, bioenergy - refuse (municipal and industrial wastes), bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids)	37.8	subcritical	2015	2026 (planned)

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 4	Rengo Co Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

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

Financing

Source of financing:

Background

The plant was commissioned in October 2015. Unit 4 of the plant co-fires with biomass.

As Japan Beyond Coal highlighted, on June 5, 2023, the Rengo Group declared its commitment to reduce coal use at its domestic manufacturing sites to zero by 2027. According to its press release, Rengo will change the fuel used in two paper manufacturing mills. The Kanazu Mill and Marusan Paper Mill were expected to switch to LNG in 2026 and 2027, respectively, eliminating coal entirely.

Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of coal-fired power stations, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.