Annual Report 2012 Kyushu Electric Power Company 59
Overview of Power Generation Facilities
(As of March 31, 2012)
Nuclear Power Stations (two facilities/maximum output 5,258,000 kW)
Station name Maximum output (kW)
Operation
commencementdateSystem Location
Genkai 3,478,000 (×ばつ2 ×ばつ2) Oct. 1975 Pressurized water reactor Genkai-cho, Higashi Matsuura-gun, Saga Prefecture
Sendai 1,780,000 (×ばつ2) Jul. 1984 Pressurized water reactor Satsumasendai-shi, Kagoshima Prefecture
Thermal Power Stations (10 facilities/maximum output 11,180,000 kW)
Station name Maximum output (kW)
Operation
commencementdateMain fuel Location
Shin Kokura 1,800,000 (×ばつ3) Sep.1978 LNG Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture
Karita 735,000 (×ばつ1 ×ばつ1) Apr.1972 Coal/heavy oil/crude oil Kanda-machi, Miyako-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture
Buzen 1,000,000 (×ばつ2) Dec.1977 Heavy oil/crude oil Buzen-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture
Karatsu 875,000 (×ばつ1 ×ばつ1) Jul.1971 Heavy oil/crude oil Karatsu-shi, Saga Prefecture
Matsuura 700,000 (×ばつ1) Jun.1989 Coal Matsuura-shi, Nagasaki Prefecture
Ainoura 875,000 (×ばつ1 ×ばつ1) Apr.1973 Heavy oil/crude oil Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki Prefecture
Oita 500,000 (×ばつ2) Jul.1969 Heavy oil Oita-shi, Oita Prefecture
Shin Oita 2,295,000
(×ばつ4 ×ばつ3)
Jun.1991 LNG Oita-shi, Oita Prefecture
Reihoku 1,400,000 (×ばつ2) Dec.1995 Coal Reihoku-machi, Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto Prefecture
Sendai 1,000,000 (×ばつ2) Jul.1974 Heavy oil/crude oil Satsumasendai-shi, Kagoshima Prefecture
Hydroelectric Power Stations (141 facilities/maximum output 3,581,846 kW)
Station name Maximum output (kW)
Operation
commencementdateSystem Location
Tenzan 600,000 Dec.1986
Dam and conduit system
(pure pumped-storage)
Karatsu-shi, Saga Prefecture
Yanagimata 63,800 Jun.1973 Dam and conduit system Hita-shi, Oita Prefecture
Matsubara 50,600 Aug.1971 Dam system Hita-shi, Oita Prefecture
Ohira 500,000 Dec.1975
Dam and conduit system
(pure pumped-storage)
Yatsushiro-shi, Kumamoto Prefecture
Iwayado 51,100 Jan.1942 Dam and conduit system Shiiba-son, Higashi Usuki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture
Kamishiiba 93,200 May1955 Dam and conduit system Shiiba-son, Higashi Usuki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture
Tsukabaru 63,090 Oct.1938 Dam and conduit system
Morotsuka-son, Higashi Usuki-gun,
Miyazaki Prefecture
Morotsuka 50,000 Feb.1961 Dam and conduit system
Morotsuka-son, Higashi Usuki-gun,
Miyazaki Prefecture
Omarugawa 1,200,000 Jul.2007
Dam and conduit system
(pure pumped-storage)
Kijo-cho, Koyu-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture
Hitotsuse 180,000 Jun.1963 Dam and conduit system Saito-shi, Miyazaki Prefecture
Oyodogawa Daiichi 55,500 Jan.1926 Dam system Miyakonojo-shi, Miyazaki Prefecture
Oyodogawa Daini 71,300 Mar.1932 Dam and conduit system Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki Prefecture
*with outputs of 50,000 kW or higher
Geothermal Power Stations (6 facilities/maximum output 212,000 kW)
Station name Maximum output (kW)
Operation
commencementdateLocation
Takigami 27,500 Nov.1996 Kokonoe-machi, Kusu-gun, Oita Prefecture
Otake 12,500 Aug.1967 Kokonoe-machi, Kusu-gun, Oita Prefecture
Hatchoubaru 110,000 (×ばつ2) Jun.1977 Kokonoe-machi, Kusu-gun, Oita Prefecture
Hatchoubaru Binary 2,000 Apr.2006 Kokonoe-machi, Kusu-gun, Oita Prefecture
Ogiri 30,000 Mar.1996 Kirishima-shi, Kagoshima Prefecture
Yamagawa 30,000 Mar.1995 Ibusuki-shi, Kagoshima Prefecture
Internal Combustion Power Stations (34 facilities/maximum output 395,270 kW) *including gas turbines
Station name Maximum output (kW)
Operation
commencementdateLocation
Shinarikawa 60,000 (×ばつ6) Jun.1982
Shinkamigotou-chou, Minami matsuura-gun,
Nagasaki Prefecture
Tatsugo 60,000 (×ばつ6) Jun.1980 Tatsugo-chou, Ooshima-gun, Kagoshima Prefecture
*with outputs of 50,000 kW or higher
Wind Power Stations (two facilities/maximum output total 3,250 kW)
Station name Maximum output (kW)
Operation
commencementdateLocation
Koshikijima
wind power
250 Mar.2003 Satsumasendai-shi, Kagoshima Prefecture
Noma-misaki
wind park
3,000 Mar.2003 Minamisatsuma-shi, Kagoshima Prefecture
Photovoltaic Power Station (one facility/maximum output total 3,000 kW)
Station name Maximum output (kW)
Operation
commencementdateLocation
Mega Solar Omuta 3,000 Nov.2010 Omuta-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture