Chita Thermal Power Station

Thermal power station in Aichi, Japan

Chita Thermal Power Station

Chita Thermal Power Station

Country| Japan
Location| Chita, Aichi
Coordinates| 34°59′12″N 136°50′37″E﻿ / ﻿34.98667°N 136.84361°E﻿ / 34.98667; 136.84361
Status| Operational
Commission date| 1966
Owners|

* Chubu Electric Power
* JERA

Operator| JERA
Thermal power station
Primary fuel| Natural gas
Site area| 560,000 sq m
Power generation
Units operational| 2
Units decommissioned| 4
Nameplate capacity| 1708 MW
Capacity factor| 43.5
External links
Website| Official website
Commons| Related media on Commons

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Chita Thermal Power Station (知多火力発電所, Chita Karyoku Hatsudensho) is a large thermal power station operated by JERA in the city of Chita, Aichi, Japan.[1][2]

## History

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Plans to build a power station in Chita were drawn up in the early 1960s, and a site was selected on reclaimed land facing Ise Bay in the northern part of Chita Peninsula.

Unit 1 came on line in February 1966. A total of six units were built between 1966 and 1974 to power the cities and industries of Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya Metropolis.

Units 1 through 4 were modernized and converted to burn natural gas in 1985, whereas Units 5 and 6 were designed as LNG-fired plants from the start. From 1992 to 1996, Units 1, 2, 5 and 6 were shut down and were converted into combined cycle plants by adding a gas turbine to the existing boiler-steam turbine units to reuse exhaust gases.[3] This gave the Chita Thermal Power Station a total power generating capacity of 3966 MW, making it one of the largest in Japan at the time.[4]

Unit 1 was taken offline on March 15, 2017, followed by Unit 2 and Unit 3 on April 1, 2017, and Unit 4 on October 31, 2017. As these units have not been demolished, the JERA home page still lists the nameplate capacity of the plant as 3,966 MW.

In April 2019, all thermal power plant operations of Chubu Electric Power were transferred to JERA, a joint venture between Chubu Electric and TEPCO Fuel & Power, Inc, a subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Company.

## Plant details

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Unit | Fuel | Type | Capacity | On line | Status

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1  | LNG  | Combined cycle | 529 MW  | Feb 1966  | Offline from March 2017
2  | LNG  | Combined cycle | 529 MW  | Jan 1967  | Offline from Apr 2017
3  | LNG, Crude Oil, Heavy Oil  | Steam Turbine  | 500 MW  | Mar 1968  | Offine from Apr 2017
4  | LNG, Crude Oil, Heavy Oil  | Steam Turbine  | 700 MW  | Mar 1974  | Offine from Oct 2017
5  | LNG  | Combined cycle  | 854 MW  | March 1978  | operational
6  | LNG  | Combined cycle  | 854 MW  | April 1978  | operational

## See also

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* Japan portal
* Energy portal

* Energy in Japan
* List of power stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ "Power stations in Japan". Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
2. ^ FEPC. "Principal Thermal Power Plants (1,000MW or greater)". The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
3. ^ "Chubu Electric News" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
4. ^ Major power stations in Japan (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-15, retrieved 2010-03-21

## External links

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* official home page (in Japanese)