Sendai Tohoku power station

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Sendai Tohoku power station is an operating power station of at least 468-megawatts (MW) in Sendai, Miyagi, Tōhoku, Japan with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sendai Tohoku power station Sendai, Miyagi, Tōhoku, Japan 38.317812, 141.074494 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3: 38.317812, 141.074494
  • Unit 4: 38.31717, 141.07348

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 retired coal - unknown 175 subcritical 1959 2007
Unit 2 retired coal - unknown 175 subcritical 1960 2007
Unit 3 retired coal - unknown 175 subcritical 1962 2004
Unit 4 operating[1][2] gas[3] 468[2] combined cycle[4] not found 2010[5]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc [100.0%]
Unit 2 Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc [100.0%]
Unit 3 Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc [100.0%]
Unit 4 Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc[5] Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc [100.0%]

Background

The plant was location on what is now the site of Tohoku's gas-fired Sendai power staton.[6]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20221203044049/https://hjks.jepx.or.jp/hjks/unit. Archived from the original on 03 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221015120957/https://www.tohoku-epco.co.jp/power_plant/thermal.html. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20171117025845/https://www.tohoku-epco.co.jp/news/normal/1183719_1049.html. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20170801234156/http://www.tohoku-epco.co.jp/news/normal/1183719_1049.html. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220903103721/https://www.tohoku-epco.co.jp/english_f/about/powerstation/. Archived from the original on 03 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Sendai Thermal Power Station, Wikipedia, accessed May 2020

Additional data

To access additional data, including interactive maps of the power stations, downloadable datases, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Plant Tracker and the Global Oil and Gas Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.