Sendai power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Japanandcoal}} Kansai Sendai power station is a 112-megawatt (MW) coal plant near Sendai, Japan.
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Location
This map shows the location of the plant in Sendai.
Background
Kansai Electric Power has proposed a 112 MW coal-fired power station near the city of Sendai, with a planned operation date of October 2017.[1][2]
Due to the plant's small size, no EIA was required. In March 2016 the proponents made an environmental agreement for the plant with local communities.[3]
In October 2017 construction was finished and the plant began commercial operations.[4]
Opposition to plant
In July 2017 it was reported that residents of Sendai City had gathered more than 40,000 signatures in opposition to the plant, which did its first test run the month before.[5] According to the Japanese Press Weekly, the plant's owner KEPCO "dodged taking the responsibility to explain to the public how much environmental damage the plant in question would cause. The national government requires an environmental assessment for construction of a thermal power plant with an electricity output of 112,500 kilowatts or more, but the Sendai Power Station’s designated power output is 112,000 kilowatts. Although Sendai City’s ordinance makes it mandatory to conduct the assessment procedure on any power plant with an output of 30,000 kilowatts or more, the controversial project in Sendai Port obtained the city’s approval two months before the ordinance became effective."[5] "The thermal power plant in Sendai uses older technologies and emits ten times more particulates and 7.6 times more nitrogen oxides than a plant with the latest technology installed. Within a 5-km radius of the new coal-fired power plant, 150,000 people live and 32 schools including 17 elementary schools are located. Some fear that particles and other pollutants from the plant may cause health damage to children in particular. Doctor Mitobe Hidetoshi emphasized that environmental pollution hit children the hardest. He also pointed out that there is no established safe contamination level for particulates."[5]
Project Details
- Sponsor: KENES, ENEX Electric Power
- Parent company: Itochu Enex
- Location: Sendai city, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
- Coordinates: 38.2681195, 141.0091929 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Capacity: 112 MW
- Type: Subcritical
- Start date: 2017
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References
- ↑ “Operation and Construction Plans of Coal-Fired Thermal Plants in Japan,” Kiko Network, 17 October 2014
- ↑ "Construction plans for Japan's coal power stations," Reuters, Dec 11, 2014
- ↑ "Sendai Power Station / Sendai City, Miyagi pref.," Kiko Network, accessed June 2016
- ↑ Commercial operation started on 2017/10/1, Kiko Network, accessed November 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sendai residents collecting signatures to stop coal-fired thermal power station operations, Japanese Press Weekly, 26 Jul 2017
