Gas- and Oil-Fired Steam-Electric Plants in Japan -
other regions

Anan Location: Tokushima Operator: Shikoku Electric Power Co Configuration: 1 X 125 MW, 1 X 220 MW, 2 X 450 MW Fuel: fuel oil Operation: 1963-1976 Boiler supplier: MHI, IHI T/G supplier: MHI, Hitachi, Toshiba Photograph courtesy of Shikoku Electric Power Co Posted 4 Oct 2001	Buzen Location: Oita Operator: Kyushu Electric Power Co Configuration: 2 X 500 MW Fuel: residual oil Operation: 1977-1980 Boiler supplier: IHI T/G supplier: Toshiba Quick facts: These two supercritical units are equipped with wet FGD scrubbers using the Kureha-Kawasaki sodium limestone process. In the late 1990s, their condensers were partially retubed with a new high-molybdenum ferritic stainless steel developed by Sumitomo Metal Technology Inc. Photograph courtesy of urourogorogoro.blog.so-net.ne.jp Posted 8 Sep 2012	Goi Location: Chiba Operator: Tokyo Electric Power Co Configuration: 4 X 265 MW, 1 X 476 MW, 1 X 350 MW Fuel: LNG, NGL Operation: 1963-1968 Boiler supplier: Mitsubishi-Zosen, B&W, Babcock-Hitachi T/G supplier: Toshiba, Hitachi, MHI, Melco Quick facts: A 4.5-MW phosphoric acid fuel cell power plant from UTC was installed at Goi in 1982. LNG for the Goi plant comes from the Futtsu LNG terminal. Unit-2 was mothballed in Dec 2006 and restarted in Dec 2007. Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Posted 21 Feb 2009
Higashi Ogishima Location: Chiba Operator: Tokyo Electric Power Co Configuration: 2 X 1,000 MW Fuel: LNG Operation: 1987-1991 Boiler supplier: Babcock-Hitachi, IHI T/G supplier: Toshiba, MHI, Melco Quick facts: Along with three similarly-sized units at Sodegaura, these are the largest LNG-fired, steam-electric units ever built. Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Posted 22 Feb 2009	Iwakuni Location: Okayama Operator: Chugoku Electric Power Co Configuration: 1 X 220 MW, 1 X 350 MW, 1 X 500 MW Fuel: residual oil, LPG Operation: 1966-1981 Boiler supplier: MHI T/G supplier: MHI, Melco Quick facts: Unit-1 is mothballed. Photograph courtesy of Chugoku Electric Power Co Posted 20 Jul 2006	Kudamatsu Location: Yamaguchi Operator: Chugoku Electric Power Co Configuration: 1 X 156 MW (ret), 1 X 375 MW, 1 X 700 MW Fuel: residual oil, naphtha Operation: 1964-1979 Boiler supplier: IHI T/G supplier: Toshiba Photograph courtesy of Chugoku Electric Power Co Posted 20 Jul 2006
Minami Yokohama Location: Kanagawa Operator: Tokyo Electric Power Co Configuration: 2 X 350 MW, 1 X 450 MW Fuel: LNG Operation: 1970-1973 Boiler supplier: MHI T/G supplier: MHI, Melco, Toshiba EPC: Takenaka Quick facts: This was the first steam-electric plant purpose-built to use LNG only. All three steam sets are cross-compound. Isogo power station is in the background. Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Posted 21 Feb 2009	Oi Location: Tokyo Operator: Tokyo Electric Power Co Configuration: 3 X 350 MW Fuel: crude oil Operation: 1971-1973 Boiler supplier: MHI, IHI, Deutsche Babcock T/G supplier: MHI, Melco, Toshiba, Siemens EPC: Takenaka Quick facts: All three steam sets are cross-compound. Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Posted 21 Feb 2009	Oita Location: Oita Operator: Kyushu Electric Power Co Configuration: 2 X 250 MW Fuel: HFO Operation: 1969-1970 (ret) Boiler supplier: MHI T/G supplier: MHI, Melco Quick facts: The two sets at Oita went online in Jul 1969 and Jun 1970, respectively, and were closed in Apr 2013. Photograph courtesy of Kyushu Electric Power Co Posted 10 Apr 2013
Sodegaura Location: Chiba Operator: Tokyo Electric Power Co Configuration: 1 X 600 MW, 3 X 1,000 MW Fuel: LNG, NGL Operation: 1974-1979 Boiler supplier: MHI, Babcock-Hitachi T/G supplier: Toshiba, Hitachi, MHI, Melco Quick facts: This site is expected to be redeveloped with CCGT blocks, perhaps in partnership with Tokyo Gas. Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Posted 29 Sep 2012	Tamashima Location: Okayama Operator: Chugoku Electric Power Co Configuration: 2 X 350 MW, 1 X 500 MW Fuel: residual oil, crude oil Operation: 1971-1974 Boiler supplier: B-H T/G supplier: Hitachi Photograph courtesy of Chugoku Electric Power Co Posted 15 Sep 2001	Yokosuka Location: Kanagawa Operator: Tokyo Electric Power Co Configuration: 2 X 265 MW (ret), 6 X 350 MW Fuel: residual oil, crude oil, COM Operation: 1960-1970 Boiler supplier: MHI, CE, IHI T/G supplier: GE, Toshiba, Siemens Quick facts: Tepco's first SCR was installed at the Yokosuka plant in 1978 and the two smaller units were among the few worldwide to use coal-oil mixture (COM). These two sets were retired in Dec 2004 and Mar 2007, respectively. All steam turbines are cross-compound. Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Posted 22 Feb 2009

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