Press Release
Construction Started on Yatsushiro Biomass Power Plant
April 18, 2022
Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc.
TOHO GAS Co., Ltd.
ENE-VISION Co., Ltd.
Kumamoto Forest Generation LLC, jointly founded by Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Headquarters: Higashi-ku, Nagoya; President: Kingo Hayashi), TOHO GAS Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Atsuta-ku, Nagoya; President: Nobuyuki Masuda) and ENE-VISION Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chikusa-ku, Nagoya; President: Yasufumi Sudo) has begun construction of the Yatsushiro Biomass Power Plant today.
The Yatsushiro Biomass Power Plant is a wood-fired biomass power plant which will be constructed in Yatsushiro-shi, Kumamoto Prefecture and is scheduled to start operation in June 2024 with an output of 75,000 kW.
Together with the understanding and cooperation of the local community and other stakeholders, we will construct this power plant, placing safety as the highest priority.
[Profile of Yatsushiro Biomass Plant]
Location |
2-3-1 Shin-minatomachi, Yatsushiro-shi, Kumamoto Prefecture |
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Power output |
75,000kW |
Annual power output |
Approx. 480 million kWh (equivalent to amount consumed by 150,000 ordinary households) |
Fuel type |
Wood pellets, wood chips (unused thinned wood produced in Kumamoto Prefecture) |
Scheduled start of operation |
June 2024 |
Investment |
Chubu Electric Power (49%), TOHO GAS (37%), |