Matsuura Kyushu power station

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Matsuura Kyushu power station (九州電力 松浦発電所) is an operating power station of at least 1700-megawatts (MW) in Matsuura, Nagasaki, Kyūshū, Japan. It is also known as Matsuura power station, Matsuura No.2 (Unit 2).

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Matsuura Kyushu power station Matsuura, Nagasaki, Kyūshū, Japan 33.350364, 129.683244 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2: 33.350364, 129.683244

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year
Unit 1 operating coal: bituminous 700 supercritical 1989
Unit 2 operating coal: bituminous 1000 ultra-supercritical 2019

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [100%] Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [100.0%]
Unit 2 Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [100%] Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [100.0%]

Background

The Matsuura power station is a single-unit 700 MW coal-fired power station owned by Kyushu Electric Power Company. The unit went into operation in 1989 and construction on a second unit began in 2001, with an expected completion date of 2005. Waning demand for electricity pushed the start date back to 2011, but construction was suspended in 2004.[1]

Description of Expansion

The Kyushu Electric Power Company is building a new 1,000 megawatt coal-fired unit at the power station.[2] In its 2013 planning document the company does not indicate when construction is nominally intended to begin but states that it would be commissioned in 2023 "or later".[3] The power station was permitted in 2014.[4]

In March 2014 Kyushu Electric Power Co. said it would begin construction on the second unit at the Matsuura Thermal Power Station once a bid was selected, with a planned commissioning of June 2020.[1] The bid was selected in February 2015 and the power station is under construction.[5]

According to Kyushu Electric in 2016, construction is ahead of schedule and may be completed in December 2019.[6] According to the Kiko Network the plant began trial operations in May 2019.[7] Unit 2 was commissioned on Dec. 20, 2019.[8]

In October 2023, Kyushu Electric announced that an ammonia co-firing test would be conducted at Matsuura Kyushu power station in November 2023.[9]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Kyuden Resumes Power Plant Construction in Nagasaki," Fukuoka now, Mar. 31, 2014.
  2. "Matsura Japan," Jpower, accessed Jan 2014.
  3. Kyushu Electric Power Company, "Outline of Supply Plan for FY2013", March 2013, page 1.
  4. "Outline of Supply Plan for FY2014," Kyushu Electric Power Company, March 2014
  5. "火力電源入札の落札者決定について," 九州電力株式会社, Feb 16, 2015
  6. "松浦発電所2号機/九州電力/長崎県松浦市," Kiko Network, accessed May 2017
  7. Matsuura No.2 , Kiko Network, accessed July 2019
  8. Kyuden Matsuura 2, Kiko Network, accessed January 2020
  9. 松浦発電所においてアンモニア混焼試験を実施します, 九州電力株式会社, October 30, 2023

Additional data

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