Hydroelectric Power Plants in Japan - Iwate

 

Gosho
Location: Iwate
Operator: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Configuration: 13 MW
Operation: 1981
T/G supplier: ??
Quick facts: Construction started on this 52.5m multipurpose dam on the Shizukuishi River in Apr 1969. The dam is a composite with a concrete gravity structure on the right bank side and an impervious core, rock-fill structure on the left bank.

Photograph by 河川一等兵 (wikimedia)
Posted 27 Oct 2007

Ishibane
Location: Iwate
Operator: Japan Metals & Chemicals
Configuration: 2 X 5.35 MW Kaplan
Operation: 1954
T/G supplier: Fuji

Photograph courtesy of Japan Metals & Chemicals
Posted 20 Jan 2002

 

Wakagawa
Location: Iwate
Operator: Japan Metals & Chemicals
Configuration: 2 X 7.75 MW Francis
Operation: 1939
T/G supplier: Toshiba

Photograph courtesy of Japan Metals & Chemicals
Posted 24 Aug 2002

 

Abbreviations: T/G = turbine generator

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 01/08/08

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