On January 31st, a fire occurred at a thermal power plant in Taketoyo Town, Aichi Prefecture, and the power company and other authorities confirmed that the fire appeared to have originated near equipment that temporarily stores wood pellets, a biomass fuel used in boilers. I learned this from an interview. The police and fire department are conducting an on-site investigation to determine the detailed cause of the fire.
Shortly after 3 p.m. on the 31st, the fire department received a report of ``explosion sounds and black smoke rising'' at the Taketoyo Thermal Power Plant in Taketoyo Town, Aichi Prefecture.
A fire broke out inside the power plant and was extinguished approximately five hours later, no one was injured, and no harmful substances were released.
The fire appears to have originated near equipment that temporarily stores wood pellets, the biomass fuel that is fed into the boiler, and the power company that operates the power plant said that the belt conveyor that supplies fuel to the equipment also caught fire. I found this out through an interview with.
Additionally, after the explosion was heard, the temperature detected by the equipment's sensors rose to 55 degrees, which is normally around 20 degrees.
The Taketoyo Thermal Power Plant is a coal-fired power plant operated by JERA, an electric power company in which Tokyo Electric Power and Chubu Electric Power have invested.From 2022, it will also incorporate wood pellets, which are used as biomass fuel, as fuel. That means it has started.
Police and fire departments are conducting an on-site investigation to determine the cause of the fire.