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Akita Thermal Power Station

Japan

The 1289th largest power station in the world

600 MW · Capacity

Akita Thermal Power Station (Akita Karyoku Hatsudensho) is an oil-fired thermal power station operated by Tohoku Electric in the city of Akita, Akita, Japan. The facility is located overlooking the Oga Peninsula on the Sea of Japan coast of Honshu. It also conducts remote monitoring of the four geothermal power plants Tohokou Electric operates.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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