Press Release

Completion of Installation of Additional LNG Tanks at Kawagoe Thermal Power Station

March 18, 2013
Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc.

Since December 2007, Chubu Electric Power has been conducting work towards the installation of additional LNG tanks at its Kawagoe Thermal Power Station (located in Kawagoe-cho, Mie-gun, Mie Prefecture).

This installation work has now been completed, and two new LNG tanks (No. 5 and No. 6) commenced operation today.

The addition of the two new LNG tanks has increased our LNG storage capacity by 360,000m³, and is expected to increase the stability and flexibility of our procurement of fuel.

We are proceeding with a variety of initiatives to support stable and flexible fuel procurement into the future.

[Specifications of Kawagoe LNG tanks]

	Tank No.	Tank volume
Existing (4 tanks)	No. 1-No. 4	120,000m³ each (Total: 480,000m³)
Added (2 tanks)	No. 5, No. 6	180,000m³ each (Total: 360,000m³)

[The completed Kawagoe No. 5 and No. 6 tanks]

A photo of Kawagoe No. 5 and No. 6 tanks

Reference

Overview of LNG-related Enhancement of Facilities

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Overview of LNG-related Enhancement of Facilities

	Subject	Details	Completion of construction
	Installation of additional LNG tanks	180,000m³ capacity tank x 2	March 2013
Reinforcement of Kawagoe LNG receiving dock	Allows docking of LNG tankers of over 200,000m³	March 2011
	Laying of gas pipeline across Ise Bay	Approximately 13.3 km from Kawagoe Thermal Power Station to Chita LNG Terminal	Fiscal 2013(Scheduled)
	Reinforcement of Chita LNG Dock No. 2	Allows docking of LNG tankers of over 200,000m³	January 2010
	Laying of Mie-Shiga gas pipeline	Approximately 60 km from Yokkaichi Thermal Power Station to Osaka Gas Taga Governor Station	Fiscal 2013(Scheduled)

a map of LNG-related Enhancement of Facilities

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