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Niikappu hydroelectric plant
32nd-largest grid storage in Japan of 35 · top 86% worldwide (#823 of 965)
- Owner
- Hokkaido Electric Power Co Inc
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Commissioned
- 1974
- Also listed as
- A power plant — this site generates as well as stores
Comparable grid storages · Japan · 35 ranked
- #1Kannagawa hydroelectric plant2.8 GW
- #30Yagisawa hydroelectric plant240 MW
- #31Nagano hydroelectric plant220 MW
- #32Niikappu hydroelectric plant200 MW
- #33Takami hydroelectric plant200 MW
- #34Hatanagi Daiichi hydroelectric plant86 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Niikappu hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 200 MW · hydro
- Takami hydroelectric plant18 km · Power Plant · 200 MW · hydro
- Takami hydroelectric plant18 km · Grid Storage · 200 MW
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Watercourse: Niikappu River
SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)