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This page is a list of power stations in Japan that are publicly or privately owned. Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal , fuel oils , nuclear power , and natural gas , while renewable power stations run on fuel sources such as biomass , geothermal heat , moving water , solar rays , tides , waves and the wind .
Non-renewable
Coal
Station
Capacity (MW )
Coal type
Location
Coordinates
Refs
Haramachi Power Station (原町火力発電所)
2,000
Fukushima
37°39′59″N 141°01′00″E / 37.66639°N 141.01667°E / 37.66639; 141.01667
Hekinan Power Station (碧南火力発電所)[ 1]
4,100
Aichi
34°50′01″N 136°57′44″E / 34.83361°N 136.96222°E / 34.83361; 136.96222
[ 2] [ 3]
Hitachinaka (常陸那珂火力発電所)
2,000
Bituminous
Ibaraki
[ 2]
Ishikawa
312
Bituminous
Okinawa
[ 2]
Kashima
507
Bituminous
Ibaraki
[ 2]
Kin
440
Bituminous
Okinawa
[ 2]
Maizuru (舞鶴発電所)
1,800
Kyoto
[ 2]
Matsuura
2,700
Bituminous
Saga
[ 2]
Misumi
1,000
Bituminous
Shimane
[ 2]
Naie (奈井江発電所)
350
Naie, Hokkaido
[ 2]
Nakoso
1,625
Bituminous
Fukushima
[ 2]
Nanao-Ohta
1,200
Bituminous
Ishikawa
[ 2]
Niihamanishi Power Station (新居浜西火力発電所)
150
Niihama, Ehime
33°57′07″N 133°14′22″E / 33.95194°N 133.23944°E / 33.95194; 133.23944
[ 4]
Reihoku (苓北発電所)
1,400
Kumamoto
[ 2]
Sakata
700
Yamagata
[ 2]
Sendai
525
Miyagi
[ 2]
Sunagawa (砂川発電所)
250
Hokkaido
Tomato-Atsuma Power Station [ 5] (苫東厚真発電所)
1,650
Tomakomai , Hokkaido
Fuel oil
Station
company
Capacity (MW )
Fuel class
Location
Coordinates
Status
Refs
Atsumi (渥美火力発電所)
Chubu
2,400
Aichi
[ 6]
Date (伊達発電所)
700
Hokkaido
Hirono (広野火力発電所)
3,800
Hirono, Fukushima
37°14′18″N 141°01′04″E / 37.23833°N 141.01778°E / 37.23833; 141.01778 (Hirono Power Station )
[ 7]
Kashima (鹿島火力発電所)
4,400
Kamisu, Ibaraki
35°52′47″N 140°41′22″E / 35.87972°N 140.68944°E / 35.87972; 140.68944 (Kashima Power Station )
[ 8]
Nishi Nagoya 1-4 (西名古屋火力発電所)
Chubu
2x220, 2x375
Heavy Crude Oil
Aichi
Decommissioned
[ 6]
Oi Thermal (大井火力発電所)
1,050
Shinagawa, Tokyo
35°36′54″N 139°45′24″E / 35.61500°N 139.75667°E / 35.61500; 139.75667 (Oi Thermal Power Station )
Shiriuchi (知内発電所)
700
Oshima , Hokkaido
Taketoyo (武豊火力発電所)
1,345
Aichi
[ 6]
Tomakomai (苫小牧発電所)
250
Tomakomai , Hokkaido
Diesel
Natural gas
Station
Capacity (MW )
Location
Coordinates
Refs
Anegasaki Power Station (姉崎火力発電所)
3,600
Chiba
35°29′06″N 140°01′00″E / 35.48500°N 140.01667°E / 35.48500; 140.01667 (Anegasaki Power Station )
Operational
Chiba Power Station (千葉火力発電所)[ 10]
2,880
Chiba
[ 11]
Chita Power Station (知多火力発電所)[ 12]
3,966
Aichi
34°59′12″N 136°50′37″E / 34.98667°N 136.84361°E / 34.98667; 136.84361 (Ch Power Station )
Chita II Power Station (知多第二火力発電所)[ 12]
1,708
Aichi
Futtsu Power Station (富津火力発電所)[ 10]
3,520
Chiba
35°20′35″N 139°50′02″E / 35.34306°N 139.83389°E / 35.34306; 139.83389 (Futtsu Power Station )
Goi Power Station (五井火力発電所)
1,886
Chiba
[ 10] [ 13]
Higashi-Ogishima Power Station (東扇島火力発電所)
2,000
Kanagawa
[ 10] [ 13]
Himeji Power Station (姫路発電所)
3,992
Hyogo
[ 14] [ 15]
Kawagoe Power Station (川越火力発電所)
4,802
Mie
35°00′25″N 136°41′20″E / 35.00694°N 136.68889°E / 35.00694; 136.68889 (Kawagoe Power Station )
[ 16]
Minami-Yokohama Power Station (南横浜火力発電所)
1,150
Kanagawa
[ 10] [ 13]
Nanko Power Station (南港発電所)[ 14]
1,800
Osaka
Sakaiko Power Station (堺港発電所)[ 14]
2,000
Osaka
Shinagawa Power Station (品川火力発電所)[ 10]
1,140
Tokyo
Shin-Nagoya Power Station (新名古屋火力発電所)[ 12]
2,992
Aichi
Sodegaura Power Station (袖ケ浦火力発電所)
3,600
Chiba
35°27′45″N 139°58′37″E / 35.46250°N 139.97694°E / 35.46250; 139.97694 (Sodegaura Power Station )
Yokkaichi Power Station (四日市火力発電所)[ 12]
1,245
Mie
Yokohama Power Station (横浜火力発電所)
3,325
Kanagawa
[ 10] [ 11]
Yokosuka Power Station (横須賀火力発電所)[ 17]
230
Kanagawa
35°18′40″N 139°38′39″E / 35.31111°N 139.64417°E / 35.31111; 139.64417
[ 13]
Nuclear
The Ikata Nuclear Power Plant .
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant as seen from space.
The Tomari Nuclear Power Plant .
Station
Capacity (MW )
Location
Coordinates
Status
Fugen (ふげん)
557
Tsuruga, Fukui
35°45′16″N 136°00′59″E / 35.75444°N 136.01639°E / 35.75444; 136.01639 (Fugen Nuclear Power Station )
Decommissioned
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant (福島第一原子力発電所)
4,696
Futaba , Fukushima
37°25′17″N 141°01′57″E / 37.42139°N 141.03250°E / 37.42139; 141.03250 (Fukushima I Nuclear Power Station )
Cold shutdown, reactors 1-4 damaged, to be decommissioned[ 18]
Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant (福島第二原子力発電所)
4,400
Futaba , Fukushima
37°19′10″N 141°01′16″E / 37.31944°N 141.02111°E / 37.31944; 141.02111 (Fukushima II Nuclear Power Station )
Cold shutdown
Genkai Nuclear Power Plant (玄海原子力発電所)
3,478
Saga
33°30′56″N 129°50′14″E / 33.51556°N 129.83722°E / 33.51556; 129.83722 (Genkai Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant (浜岡原子力発電所)
4,997
Shizuoka
34°37′25″N 138°08′33″E / 34.62361°N 138.14250°E / 34.62361; 138.14250 (Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Higashidōri Nuclear Power Plant (東通原子力発電所)
1,100
Aomori
41°11′17″N 141°23′25″E / 41.18806°N 141.39028°E / 41.18806; 141.39028 (Higashidōri Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Ikata Nuclear Power Plant (伊方発電所)
2,022
Ehime
33°29′27″N 132°18′41″E / 33.49083°N 132.31139°E / 33.49083; 132.31139 (Ikata Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (柏崎刈羽原子力発電所)
8,212
Niigata
37°25′42″N 138°36′06″E / 37.42833°N 138.60167°E / 37.42833; 138.60167 (Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Maki Nuclear Power Plant (巻原子力発電所)
825
Niigata Prefecture
37°25′17″N 141°01′57″E / 37.42139°N 141.03250°E / 37.42139; 141.03250 (Maki Nuclear Power Station )
Withdrawn
Mihama Nuclear Power Plant (美浜発電所)
1,666
Fukui
35°42′09″N 135°57′48″E / 35.70250°N 135.96333°E / 35.70250; 135.96333 (Mihama Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Monju Nuclear Power Plant (もんじゅ)
280
Fukui
35°44′25″N 135°59′17″E / 35.74028°N 135.98806°E / 35.74028; 135.98806 (Monju Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Namie-Odaka Nuclear Power Plant (浪江・小高原子力発電所)
825
Fukushima
Cancelled
Ōi Nuclear Power Plant (大飯発電所)
4,710
Fukui
35°32′26″N 135°39′07″E / 35.54056°N 135.65194°E / 35.54056; 135.65194 (Ōi Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Ōma Nuclear Power Plant (大間原子力発電所)
1,383
Aomori
41°30′35″N 140°54′37″E / 41.50972°N 140.91028°E / 41.50972; 140.91028 (Ōma Nuclear Power Plant )
Under construction
Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant (女川原子力発電所)
2,174
Miyagi
38°24′04″N 141°29′59″E / 38.40111°N 141.49972°E / 38.40111; 141.49972 (Onagawa Nuclear Power Station )
Cold shutdown
Sendai Nuclear Power Plant (川内原子力発電所)
1,780
Kagoshima
31°50′01″N 130°11′23″E / 31.83361°N 130.18972°E / 31.83361; 130.18972 (Sendai Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Shika Nuclear Power Plant (志賀原子力発電所)
1,898
Ishikawa
37°03′40″N 136°43′35″E / 37.06111°N 136.72639°E / 37.06111; 136.72639 (Shika Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Shimane Nuclear Power Plant (島根原子力発電所)
1,280
Shimane
35°32′18″N 132°59′57″E / 35.53833°N 132.99917°E / 35.53833; 132.99917 (Shimane Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Takahama Nuclear Power Plant (高浜原子力発電所)
3,304
Fukui
35°31′20″N 135°30′17″E / 35.52222°N 135.50472°E / 35.52222; 135.50472 (Takahama Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant (東海原子力発電所)
1,100
Ibaraki
36°27′59″N 140°36′24″E / 36.46639°N 140.60667°E / 36.46639; 140.60667 (Tōkai Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Tomari Nuclear Power Plant (泊発電所)
2,070
Hokkaidō
43°02′10″N 140°30′45″E / 43.03611°N 140.51250°E / 43.03611; 140.51250 (Tomari Nuclear Power Station )
Shutdown for maintenance
Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant (敦賀発電所)
1,517
Fukui
35°40′22″N 136°04′38″E / 35.67278°N 136.07722°E / 35.67278; 136.07722 (Tsuruga Nuclear Power Station )
Suspended
Renewable
Hydroelectric
The Sakuma Dam
The Kurobe Dam
The Maruyama Dam
The Ueno Dam , lower reservoir of the pumped-storage Kannagawa Hydropower Plant
Station
Capacity (MW )
Location
Coordinates
Status
Akiba Dam (秋葉ダム)
127.1
Shizuoka
34°58′20″N 137°49′42″E / 34.97222°N 137.82833°E / 34.97222; 137.82833 (Akiba Dam )
Operational
Arimine Dam (有峰ダム)
53.4
Toyama
36°29′22″N 137°26′55″E / 36.48944°N 137.44861°E / 36.48944; 137.44861 (Arimine Dam )
Operational
Dashidaira Dam (出し平ダム)
124
Toyama
Operational
Funagira Dam (船明ダム)
32
Shizuoka
34°53′26″N 137°48′54″E / 34.89056°N 137.81500°E / 34.89056; 137.81500 (Funagira Dam )
Operational
Futai Dam (二居ダム)
1,600
Niigata
Operational
Hatanagi-I Hydroelectric Dam (畑薙第一ダム)
137
Shizuoka
35°19′17″N 138°10′59″E / 35.32139°N 138.18306°E / 35.32139; 138.18306 (Hatanagi-I Hydroelectric Dam )
Operational
Hatanagi-II Hydroelectric Dam (畑薙第二ダム)
85
Shizuoka
35°18′29″N 138°12′11″E / 35.30806°N 138.20306°E / 35.30806; 138.20306 (Hatanagi-II Hydroelectric Dam )
Operational
Hiraoka Dam (平岡ダム)
101
Nagano
Operational
Honkawa Pumped Storage Plant[ 19] (本川発電所)
600
Kochi
Ikawa Dam (井川ダム)
62
Shizuoka
35°12′38″N 138°13′22″E / 35.21056°N 138.22278°E / 35.21056; 138.22278 (Ikawa Dam )
Operational
Ikehara Pumped Storage Plant (池原発電所)
350
Nara
Operational
Imaichi Pumped Storage Plant
1,050
Tochigi
36°49′31″N 139°39′58″E / 36.82528°N 139.66611°E / 36.82528; 139.66611 (Imiachi Dam )
Operational
Kadonogawa Power Station (葛野川発電所)
800
Yamanashi
Operational
Kannagawa Hydropower Plant (神流川発電所)
2,820
Nagano
36°00′18″N 138°39′09″E / 36.00500°N 138.65250°E / 36.00500; 138.65250 (Kannagawa Hydropower Plant )
Operational
Kazunogawa Pumped Storage Plant (葛野川ダム)
1,600
Yamanashi
35°43′07″N 138°55′47″E / 35.71861°N 138.92972°E / 35.71861; 138.92972 (Kazunogawa Pumped Storage Plant )
Operational
Kinugawa Pumped Storage Plant (鬼怒川発電所)
127
Tochigi
Operational
Kisenyama Pumped Storage Plant (喜撰山発電所)
466
Kyoto Prefecture
34°53′30″N 135°51′34″E / 34.89167°N 135.85944°E / 34.89167; 135.85944 (Kisenyama Pumped Storage Plant )
Operational
Konoyama Dam ( 高野山ダム)
126
Niigata
Operational
Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム)
335
Toyama
36°33′30″N 137°40′00″E / 36.55833°N 137.66667°E / 36.55833; 137.66667 (Kurobe Dam )
Operational
Kuroda Dam (黒田ダム)
315
Aichi
35°11′14″N 137°28′34″E / 35.18722°N 137.47611°E / 35.18722; 137.47611 (Kuroda Dam )
Operational
Maruyama Dam (丸山ダム)
185
Gifu
35°28′08″N 137°10′20″E / 35.46889°N 137.17222°E / 35.46889; 137.17222 (Maruyama Dam )
Operational
Masegawa Dam [ 19] (馬瀬川ダム)
288
Gifu
Operational
Matanoagawa Pumped Storage Plant (俣野川発電所)
1,500
Tottori
35°14′44″N 133°29′30″E / 35.24556°N 133.49167°E / 35.24556; 133.49167 (Matanoagawa Pumped Storage Plant )
Operational
Miboro Dam (御母衣ダム)
215
Gifu
36°08′17.7″N 136°54′38.9″E / 36.138250°N 136.910806°E / 36.138250; 136.910806 (Miboro Dam )
Operational
Midono Pumped Storage Plant [ 19] (水殿発電所)
245
Nagano
Operational
Miho Dam (三保ダム)
7.4
Kanagawa
35°24′37″N 139°02′30″E / 35.41028°N 139.04167°E / 35.41028; 139.04167 (Miho Dam )
Operational
Misakubo Dam (塩郷ダム)
50
Shizuoka
35°11′05″N 137°55′54″E / 35.18472°N 137.93167°E / 35.18472; 137.93167 (Misakubo Dam )
Operational
Miyagase Dam (宮ヶ瀬ダム)
24
Kanagawa
35°32′26″N 139°15′09″E / 35.54056°N 139.25250°E / 35.54056; 139.25250 (Miyagase Dam )
Operational
Miyanaka Dam (宮中ダム)
449
Niigata
Operational
Nagano Pumped Storage Plant (長野発電所)
220
Fukui
Operational
Niikappu Pumped Storage Plant (新冠発電所)
200
Hokkaido
Operational
Nishiotaki Dam (西大滝ダム)
234
Nagano
Operational
Numappara Pumped Storage Plant (沼原発電所)
675
Tochigi
Operational
Ohashi Dam (大橋ダム)
615
Kōchi
33°46′13″N 133°20′12″E / 33.77028°N 133.33667°E / 33.77028; 133.33667 (Ohashi Dam )
Operational
Ōigawa Dam (大井川ダム)
68.2
Shizuoka
35°09′53″N 138°08′34″E / 35.16472°N 138.14278°E / 35.16472; 138.14278 (Ōigawa Dam )
Operational
Okawachi Pumped Storage Plant [ 20] (大河内発電所)
1,280
Hyogo
Operational
Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station [ 21] (沖縄やんばる海水揚水発電所)
30
Okinawa
26°40′25″N 128°15′56″E / 26.67361°N 128.26556°E / 26.67361; 128.26556 (Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station )
Operational
Okutadami Dam (奥只見ダム)
560
Niigata
37°09′12″N 139°15′00″E / 37.15333°N 139.25000°E / 37.15333; 139.25000 (Okutadami Dam )
Operational
Okutataragi Pumped Storage Plant (奥多々良木発電所)
1,932
Hyōgo
35°14′12″N 134°51′23″E / 35.23667°N 134.85639°E / 35.23667; 134.85639 (Okutataragi Pumped Storage Plant )
Operational
Okuyoshino Pumped Storage Plant (奥吉野発電所)
1,206
Nara
34°7′4″N 135°49′16″E / 34.11778°N 135.82111°E / 34.11778; 135.82111 (Okuyoshino Pumped Storage Power Station )
Operational
Okuyahagi Pumped Storage Plant[ 19] (奥矢作発電所)
865
Aichi
Otori Dam (大鳥ダム)
182
Fukushima
37°12′53″N 139°12′50″E / 37.21472°N 139.21389°E / 37.21472; 139.21389 (Otori Dam )
Operational
Ouchi Dam (大内ダム)
1,000
Fukushima
Operational
Sagami Dam (相模ダム)
31
Kanagawa
35°36′56″N 139°11′43″E / 35.61556°N 139.19528°E / 35.61556; 139.19528 (Sagami Dam )
Operational
Sakuma Dam (佐久間ダム)
350
Aichi
35°05′58″N 137°47′39″E / 35.09944°N 137.79417°E / 35.09944; 137.79417 (Sakuma Dam )
Operational
Sasamagawa Dam (笹間川ダム)
58
Shizuoka
34°58′17″N 138°05′38″E / 34.97139°N 138.09389°E / 34.97139; 138.09389 (Sasamagawa Dam )
Operational
Senzu Dam (千頭ダム)
22.2
Shizuoka
35°13′00″N 138°05′25″E / 35.21667°N 138.09028°E / 35.21667; 138.09028 (Senzu Dam )
Operational
Shin-Takasegawa Pumped Storage Plant (新高瀬川発電所)
1,280
Nagano
36°28′26″N 137°41′23″E / 36.47389°N 137.68972°E / 36.47389; 137.68972 (Shin-Takasegawa Pumped Storage Plant )
Operational
Shinanogawa Pumped Storage Plant (信濃川発電所)
449
Niigata
Operational
Shintoyone Pumped Storage Plant (新豊根ダム)
1,120
Aichi
35°07′33″N 137°45′38″E / 35.12583°N 137.76056°E / 35.12583; 137.76056 (Shintoyone Pumped Storage Plant )
Operational
Shiobara Pumped Storage Plant (塩原発電所)
900
Ibaraki
Operational
Shiogō Dam (塩郷ダム)
58
Shizuoka
35°00′05″N 138°05′15″E / 35.00139°N 138.08750°E / 35.00139; 138.08750 (Shiogō Dam )
Operational
Shiroyama Dam (城山ダム)
275
Kanagawa
35°35′09″N 139°17′22″E / 35.58583°N 139.28944°E / 35.58583; 139.28944 (Shiroyama Dam )
Operational
Tagokura Dam (田子倉ダム)
390
Fukushima
37°18′38″N 139°17′13″E / 37.31056°N 139.28694°E / 37.31056; 139.28694 (Tagokura Dam )
Operational
Takami Pumped Storage Plant (高見発電所)
200
Hokkaido
Operational
Taki Dam (滝ダム)
92
Fukushima
37°23′13″N 139°32′02″E / 37.38694°N 139.53389°E / 37.38694; 139.53389 (Taki Dam )
Operational
Tamahara Pumped Storage Power Station (玉原発電所)
1,200
Gunma
36°46′56″N 139°03′23″E / 36.78222°N 139.05639°E / 36.78222; 139.05639 (Tamahara Pumped Storage Power Station )
Operational
Tashiro Dam (田代ダム)
40.1
Shizuoka
35°29′55″N 138°14′47″E / 35.49861°N 138.24639°E / 35.49861; 138.24639 (Tashiro Dam )
Operational
Tedorigawa Dam (手取川ダム)
250
Ishikawa
Operational
Tokuyama Dam (徳山ダム)
153
Gifu
35°39′55″N 136°30′08″E / 35.66528°N 136.50222°E / 35.66528; 136.50222 (Tokuyama Dam )
Operational
Tominaga Dam (富永ダム)
1,095
Aichi
35°11′59″N 137°27′31″E / 35.19972°N 137.45861°E / 35.19972; 137.45861 (Tominaga Dam )
Operational
Yagisawa Pumped Storage Plant (矢木沢発電所)
240
Gunma
Operational
Yomikaki Power Station (読書発電所)
117
Nagano
Operational
Photovoltaic
Wind
See also
References
Notes
Sources