Iwakuni Mill power station

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Iwakuni Mill power station (日本製紙 岩国工場) is an operating power station of at least 70-megawatts (MW) in Iwakuni Plant, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Chūgoku, Japan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Iwakuni Mill power station	Iwakuni Plant, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Chūgoku, Japan	34.176399, 132.235421 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• 1, 4: 34.176399, 132.235421

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year
1	Operating	coal: unknown	35	subcritical	2007
4	Operating	bioenergy: wood & other biomass (solids)	35	–	2013

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
1	Nippon Paper Group Inc [100%]	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc [7.5%]; Nippon Life Insurance Co [5.4%]; Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc [2.5%]; Mizuho Financial Group Inc [2.0%]; Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co [1.6%]; Norinchukin Bank [1.6%]; Resona Bank Ltd [1.3%]; small shareholder(s) [0.8%]; The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co Ltd [0.6%]; Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co [0.4%]
4	Nippon Paper Group Inc [100%]	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc [7.5%]; Nippon Life Insurance Co [5.4%]; Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc [2.5%]; Mizuho Financial Group Inc [2.0%]; Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co [1.6%]; Norinchukin Bank [1.6%]; Resona Bank Ltd [1.3%]; small shareholder(s) [0.8%]; The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co Ltd [0.6%]; Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co [0.4%]

Financing

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Background

The power station is owned by Nippon Paper and is located at the Nippon Paper Mill in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan. The plant appears to also burn biomass.

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Additional data

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