Chubu Electric Power : Construction Started on Yatsushiro Biomass Power Plant
April 17, 2022
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Construction Started on Yatsushiro Biomass Power Plant
April 18, 2022
Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc.
TOHO GAS Co., Ltd.
ENE-VISION Co., Ltd.
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Kumamoto Forest Generation LLC, jointly founded by Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Headquarters: Higashi-ku, Nagoya; President: Kingo Hayashi), TOHO GAS Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Atsuta-ku, Nagoya; President: Nobuyuki Masuda) and ENE-VISION Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chikusa-ku, Nagoya; President: Yasufumi Sudo) has begun construction of the Yatsushiro Biomass Power Plant today.
The Yatsushiro Biomass Power Plant is a wood-fired biomass power plant which will be constructed in Yatsushiro-shi, Kumamoto Prefecture and is scheduled to start operation in June 2024 with an output of 75,000 kW.
Together with the understanding and cooperation of the local community and other stakeholders, we will construct this power plant, placing safety as the highest priority.
Approx. 480 million kWh (equivalent to amount consumed by 150,000 ordinary households)
Fuel type
Wood pellets, wood chips (unused thinned wood produced in Kumamoto Prefecture)
Scheduled start of operation
June 2024
Investment
Chubu Electric Power (49%), TOHO GAS (37%),
ENE-VISION (14%)
【Illustration of the Completed Biomass Plant】
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