Amid concerns about power shortages in the summer, the natural gas thermal power plant, which had been shut down due to aging, will resume operation next month.
Although these measures will improve the reserve margin of electricity supply to some extent, the situation is still expected to be severe, and the government is calling for power saving within a reasonable range.
The operation will be resumed at the Anegasaki Thermal Power Station Unit 5 in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, which is the largest thermal power generation company in Japan established by TEPCO and Chubu Electric Power. ..
Although it is a relatively large power plant with an output of 600,000 kW, it has been shut down since March because it has been aging for 45 years since it started operation.
However, due to concerns about the tight supply and demand of electricity in the summer, we havetened to repair equipment such as turbine shafts to operate the generator, and will resume operation from the 1st of next month.
JERA plans to resume operation of Chita Power Station Unit 5 in Aichi Prefecture from next month as well.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, the reserve ratio in the jurisdiction of TEPCO, Chubu Electric Power and Tohoku Electric Power will improve by about 1% to about 4% due to the accumulation of such supply capacity, but it is not unreasonable because the severe situation is still expected. We are calling for power saving in the range.
Since old power plants are prone to trouble, the company has decided to focus on equipment maintenance and inspection, and Hiroshi Kamei, director of Anegasaki Thermal Power Station, said, "In a tight situation, if one power station stops, it may lead to a power outage. I want to strive for a stable supply. "