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Sendai Thermal Power Station

Coordinates: 38°19′1.7″N 141°04′24.4″E / 38.317139°N 141.073444°E / 38.317139; 141.073444
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Sendai Thermal Power Station
仙台火力発電所
Sendai Thermal Power Station
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CountryJapan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan
LocationShichigahama, Miyagi, Japan
Coordinates38°19′1.7″N 141°04′24.4″E / 38.317139°N 141.073444°E / 38.317139; 141.073444
StatusOperational
Commission date2011
OwnerTohoku Electric
Thermal power station
Primary fuelLNG
Power generation
Units operational1
Units decommissioned3
Nameplate capacity468 MW
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Sendai Thermal Power Station (仙台火力発電所, Sendai Karyoku Hatsudensho) is an LNG-fired thermal power station operated by Tohoku Electric in the town of Shichigahama, Miyagi, Japan. The facility is located on Matsushima Bay along the Pacific coast of Honshu.

History

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The Sendai Thermal Power Station was built in 1959 to supply power to the Sendai metropolis and surrounding Miyagi Prefecture. Unit 1 came online in October 1959. Unit 2 was completed in November 1960 and Unit 3 in June 1962. Initially, all three units burned coal; however, Unit 1 was subsequently modified to burn heavy oil instead.

Unit 3 was abolished in March 2004 and Units 1 and 2 in August 2007, and replaced by the single combined cycle Unit 4, in order to reduce carbon emissions and lower operating costs, which came on line in July 2010.

Operations were temporarily suspended due to damage caused by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, but test operations were resumed on December 20 and full output was restored by February 8, 2012. From April 1, 2017, the rated output of Unit 4 was upgraded from 446,000 kW to 468,000 kW due to operational experience and software modifications.

The site of Units 1, 2 and 3 are now occupied by the 2 MW capacity Sendai Solar Power Plant, which started operation on May 25, 2012.

Plant details

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Unit Fuel Type Capacity On line Status
1 Coal, Heavy Oil Steam turbine 175 MW 1959 Decommissioned 2007; scrapped
2 Coal Steam turbine 175 MW 1960 Decommissioned 2007; scrapped
3 Coal Steam turbine 175 MW 1962 Decommissioned 2004; scrapped
4 LNG ACC 468 MW 2010 operational

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