Hitachinaka Thermal Power Station

The Hitachinaka power station is a 2,000MW coal-fired power station located at Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan.

Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is located in Tokai-mura, Japan

Background on Plant
The power station is owned by Tokyo Electric Power Company.

Construction of the first unit (1,000 MW) began in July 1999 and was commissioned in December 2003.

The commercial operation of Unit 2 of Hitachinaka Thermal Power Station (1,000 MW) commenced Dec 18, 2013.

Description of Expansion
In 2013 Chubu Electric Power Company said it plans to found a joint special purpose company with Tokyo Electric Power Co. to build and operate a 600 MW coal-fired power plant, to be constructed at TEPCO's Hitachinaka thermal power station in Ibaraki Prefecture by 2019. 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 only 3.45%. In its media release the company stated proposed project would have an installed capacity of 650MW ultra super-critical plant with 600MW sent out to the grid. It stated that the projected commissioning date is in the 2020 financial year.

Project Details for Hitachinaka Thermal Power Station Expansion

 * Sponsor: TEPCO
 * Location: Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan
 * Coordinates: 36.436820663263, 140.61409950256 (exact)
 * Status: Planned
 * Gross Capacity: Unit 3: 600 MW
 * Type:  Ultra-supercritical
 * Projected in service: Unit 3: 2020
 * Coal Type: Bituminous
 * Coal Source:
 * Source of financing:

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