Hitachinaka Kyodo power station

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Hitachinaka Kyodo power station is a proposed 650-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the Hitachinaka Thermal Power Station in Tokai-mura, Japan. The proposed plant would be built at this site.

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Background on Plant

In 2013 Chubu Electric Power Company said it plans to found a joint special purpose company with Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) to build and operate a 600 MW coal-fired power plant, to be constructed at TEPCO's 2,000 MW Hitachinaka Thermal Power Station.

In December 2013 the two companies announced that they had agreed to form the Hitachinaka Generation Company with Chubu holding a 96.55% stake in the company and TEPCO 3.45%. In its media release the company stated the proposed project would have an installed capacity of 650MW, with 600MW sent out to the grid. The projected commissioning date is 2020-2021.

In May 2016, Japan’s environment minister Tamayo Marukawa endorsed the plant. The plant is under construction.

In September 2018 the Kiko Network listed the plant's commissioning date as 2020.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Hitachinaka Generation Company
• Parent company: JERA (Chubu Electric Power, TEPCO Fuel & Power)
• Location: Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan
• Coordinates: 36.436820663263, 140.61409950256 (exact)
• Status: Construction
• Gross Capacity: 650 MW
• Type:  Ultra-supercritical
• Projected in service: 2020
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Coal Source:  
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