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Two coal-fired power plants set for Fukushima – Power Engineering International

August 25, 2015

Five Japanese firms have joined forces to construct two coal-fired power plants in Fukushima.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Joban Joint Power have joined forces to develop the 540 MW project, which aims to create an industrial base and open up job opportunities to support local economic recovery.
Tepco
They will use an integrated coal gasification combined-cycle (IGCC), which the companies claim is the “next-generation clean coal technology”. They expect it to cut CO2 emissions by around 15% in comparison with the latest conventional coal-fired power plant.

One of the IGCC facilities will be built at TEPCO’s Hirono Thermal Power Station and the other at Joban Joint Power Company’s Nakoso Thermal Power Station.

Operating as the “Fukushima Revitalisation Power Consortium”, the companies will be working to implement the project with operations to start in the early 2020s.

http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2015/08/two-coal-fired-power-plants-set-for-fukushima.html?cmpid=EnlPEIAugust252015&eid=296412419&bid=1159307

Interestingly they are using coal gasification technology.

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7 Comments
  1. AndyG55 permalink
    August 25, 2015 10:09 am

    Gees, I hope we can keep the coal up to them.

    Looks like Newy is going to need another coal loader. 🙂

  2. Joe Public permalink
    August 25, 2015 11:22 am

    It was prescient of Corbyn to decree that he’ll keep Welsh coal mines open to serve a growing market.

  3. Chris Manuell permalink
    August 25, 2015 12:06 pm

    Interesting seeing as Coal ash is more radioactive than nuclear waste.

    • AndyG55 permalink
      August 25, 2015 1:30 pm

      And as coal ash is a major constituent of cement, gypsum plaster and is used for many other purposes….

      … its all around you, buddy ..

      Quick… run and hide. 😉

    • ristvan permalink
      August 25, 2015 3:46 pm

      Not true. The paper you probably refer to compared fly ash to what gets released from a nuc, which is zero. Radwaste exposure would be lethal in minutes. It was a stupid Greenie apples to oranges comparison.

  4. ristvan permalink
    August 25, 2015 3:43 pm

    Edwardsport Indiana pioneered this. GE system. There are two benefits that offset the extra gasification costs. First, you can use ‘dirty’ coal (high ash, high sulfur, high mercury) that otherwise would be unacceptable. All removed in the gasification step precombustion. That was the Indiana logic–local coal is dirty. Second, the syngas fires a CCGT which is cheaper to build, more thermally efficient, and more flexible than USC coal.

  5. Slywolfe permalink
    August 26, 2015 9:42 pm

    Are any of existing Fukushima turbines usable?/

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