Thermal Power Generation
J-POWER began in the latter half of the 1960s to construct coal-fired thermal power plants using domestic coal as support for the Japanese coal industry. After the "oil shocks" of 1973 and 1979, the company began the construction of large-scale coal-fired plants using imported coal as one of the diversifications of Japan's energy sources. The first of these plants began operations in 1981; today J-POWER operates seven coal-fired power plants and one geothermal power plant, with a total output of approximately 7,820 MW. This gives J-POWER the largest market share in Japan for coal-fired thermal power generation.
J-POWER also has an abundant experience overseas in thermal power projects with a variety of energy sources-coal, oil, natural gas and geothermal-as well as in different types of thermal generation-power plant barge, refuse fuel, biomass, co-generation, combined cycle and micro gas-turbine technologies. Especially, its coal-related technologies has ranked J-POWER top in the world because of a wealth of experience and technological expertise to cope with a variety of coals: domestic and imported coal, anthracite, bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal and lignite. In addition, high efficiency thermal generation technologies have been developed for energy saving; particularly ultra-super-critical generation (600/610ºC, 25Mpa), coal gasification and fuel cells are J-POWER's cutting edge technologies.
In the field of environmental protection technology, J-POWER has developed world-leading environmental protection technologies under the Japan's severest environmental regulations in the world; desulphurization, denitrification and comprehensive wastewater treatment plants particularly are among the most advanced in the world. J-POWER also has extensive knowledge in areas such as environmental assessment, environmental monitoring system, effective and utilization of fly ash and of warm waste water. J-POWER is now providing consulting services on those technologies for thermal power generation, energy saving and environmental in Asia, Europe the Middle East and other parts of the world. |
