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is a large oil-fired and gas-fired power station in
Kamisu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 95,384 in 40,759 households and a population density of 649 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 23.6%. The ...
, Ibaraki,
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. The facility operates with an installed capacity of 5,660  MW, making it one of the largest fossil-fueled power station in the world. The plant includes four oil-fired steam turbines rated at 600 MW, two oil-fired steam turbines rated at 1,000 MW, and three advanced
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 ...
gas turbines rated at 420 MW added in 2014. As of April 2016, the four oil-fired 600 MW turbines have been suspended indefinitely. The plant features 3 lattice stacks, including the tallest steel chimney in the world at 231m (758 ft). In March 2023, JERA announced plans to decommission all six oil-fired steam turbines (Unit 5 & Unit 6 had been shut down since 2020).


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List of largest power stations in the world This article lists the largest Electricity generation, power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of installed electrical Nameplate capacity, capacity. Non-renewable resource, Non-renewable power stations are ...
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List of power stations in Japan A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
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Lattice tower A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding vertical latticework, framework tower. This construction is widely used in transmission towers carrying high-voltage electric power lines, in radio masts and towers (a self-radiating tower or as a ...


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Oil-fired power stations in Japan Tokyo Electric Power Company 1971 establishments in Japan Energy infrastructure completed in 1971 Buildings and structures in Ibaraki Prefecture Kamisu {{Japan-powerstation-stub