Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station

Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station
西名古屋火力発電所
Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station; 西名古屋火力発電所
	Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station
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Country	Japan
Location	Tobishima, Aichi
Coordinates	35°01′58.9″N 136°49′49.3″E / 35.033028°N 136.830361°ECoordinates: 35°01′58.9″N 136°49′49.3″E / 35.033028°N 136.830361°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1970
Owner(s)	JERA
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	LNG
Power generation
Units operational	2
Units decommissioned	6
Nameplate capacity	2376 MW
Capacity factor	62.3
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Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station (西名古屋火力発電所, Nishi-Nagoya Karyoku Hatsudensho) is an LNG-fired thermal power station operated by JERA in the village of Tobishima, Aichi, Japan. The facility is located on reclaimed land at the head of Mikawa Bay.

History[]

The Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station began operations as an oil-fired power plant operated by Chubu Electric in 1970. Unit 1 through Unit 6 were constructed between 1970 and 1975. On September 14, 2010, Chubu Electric announced a renewal plan to replace the aging existing facilities with a high-efficiency natural gas-fired combined cycle power generation system.

Construction began on Units 7-1 and 7-2 on January 30, 2014. Unit 7-1 came on-line on September 29, 2017, and Unit 7-2 on March 30, 2018. Both Unit 7-1 and 7-2 use a Toshiba exhaust heat recovery multi-shaft 1,600 ℃ class combined cycle power generation system (MACCII) in which three generators are connected to three gas turbines and one steam turbine. ^[1] In order to transport the natural gas used at this power plant, a submarine tunnel with a length of 4.6 km extending from the Chita Daini Thermal Power Station was constructed. In March 2018, Guinness World Records certified the Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station Unit 7-1 as the world's most efficient combined cycle power generation facility.^[2]

In April 2019, the 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[]

Unit	Fuel	Type	Capacity	On line	Status
1	Heavy Oil	Steam turbine	220 MW	1970	Scrapped November 30, 2013
2	Heavy Oil, Crude Oil	Steam turbine	220 MW	1970	Scrapped November 30, 2013
3	Heavy Oil, Crude Oil, Naptha	Steam turbine	375 MW	1972	Scrapped November 30, 2013
4	Heavy Oil, Crude Oil, Naptha	Steam turbine	375 MW	1972	Scrapped November 30, 2013
5	Heavy Oil, Crude Oil	Steam turbine	500 MW	1974	Scrapped December 31, 2002
6	Heavy Oil, Crude Oil	Steam turbine	500 MW	1975	Scrapped December 31, 2003
7-1	Natural Gas	MACC	1188.2 MW	2017	operational
7-2	Natural Gas	MACC	1188.2 MW	2018	operational