is a large

thermal power station A thermal power station, also known as a thermal power plant, is a type of power station in which the heat energy generated from various fuel sources (e.g., coal, natural gas, nuclear fuel, etc.) is converted to electrical energy. The heat ...

operated by

JERA JERA () is a 50-50 joint venture between TEPCO Fuel & Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Company, and Chubu Electric Power, founded in April 2015. The company assumed ownership and operation of all of Tokyo Electric and Chu ...

in the city of

Chita, Aichi is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 83,891 in 35,798 households, and a population density of 1,828 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Chita is located in northwestern Chita Pen ...

, Japan.

History

Plans to build a power station in Chita were drawn up in the early 1960s, and a site was selected on reclaimed land facing

Ise Bay is a bay located at the mouth of the Kiso Three Rivers between Mie prefecture, Mie and Aichi prefecture, Aichi Prefectures in Japan. Ise Bay has an average depth of and a maximum depth of . The mouth of the bay is and is connected to the small ...

in the northern part of

Chita Peninsula The Chita Peninsula (知多半島 ''Chita Hantō'') is a peninsula to the south of Aichi Prefecture, central Honshū, Japan. It runs approximately north-south. To the west is Ise Bay, while to the east it encloses Mikawa Bay. It faces the Atsu ...

. Unit 1 came on line in February 1966. A total of six units were built between 1966 and 1974 to power the cities and industries of

Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

and Nagoya Metropolis. Units 1 through 4 were modernized and converted to burn

natural gas Natural gas (also fossil gas, methane gas, and gas) is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium ...

in 1985, whereas Units 5 and 6 were designed as LNG-fired plants from the start. From 1992 to 1996, Units 1, 2, 5 and 6 were shut down and were converted into

combined cycle A combined cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy. On land, when used to make electricity the most common type is called a combined cycle gas turb ...

plants by adding a

gas turbine A gas turbine or gas turbine engine is a type of Internal combustion engine#Continuous combustion, continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas turbine engines form the power-producing part (known as the gas gene ...

to the existing boiler-

steam turbine A steam turbine or steam turbine engine is a machine or heat engine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work utilising a rotating output shaft. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Par ...

units to reuse exhaust gases. This gave the Chita Thermal Power Station a total power generating capacity of 3966 MW, making it one of the largest in Japan at the time. Unit 1 was taken offline on March 15, 2017, followed by Unit 2 and Unit 3 on April 1, 2017, and Unit 4 on October 31, 2017. As these units have not been demolished, the JERA home page still lists the nameplate capacity of the plant as 3,966 MW. In April 2019, all thermal power plant operations of Chubu Electric Power were transferred to JERA, a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

between Chubu Electric and TEPCO Fuel & Power, Inc, a subsidiary of

Tokyo Electric Power Company is a Japanese electric utility holding company servicing Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture. This area includes Tokyo. Its headquarters are located in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, an ...

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