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Power Plant
Akita Thermal power station
176th-largest power plant in Japan of 387 · top 24% worldwide (#7,050 of 29,849)
- Owner
- Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc
- Status
- idle
- Capacity
- 600 MW
- Fuel
- oil
- Commissioned
- 1980
- Retired
- 2024
Comparable power plants · Japan · 387 ranked
- #1Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant5.5 GW · nuclear
- #174Hongawa hydroelectric plant615 MW · hydro
- #175Kitakyushu floating wind farm612 MW · wind
- #176Akita Thermal power station600 MW · oil
- #177Gobo power station600 MW · oil
- #178Hirono Thermal power station600 MW · oil
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Akita LNG Terminal2.6 km · LNG Terminal · 0.6 Mtpa
- Katagami-Oga-Akita Offshore wind farm8.7 km · Power Plant · 315 MW · wind
- Oga Katagami Akita Jera wind farm18 km · Power Plant · 340 MW · wind
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)