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Nakoso Thermal Power Station

Japan

The 505th largest power station in the world

1.7 GW · Capacity

The Nakoso Thermal Power Station (Nakoso Karyoku Hatsudensho) is a coal-fired thermal power station operated by the Jōban Joint Power Co., Ltd. in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan. The facility is located on the Pacific coast of Honshu. The Jōban Joint Power Co., Ltd is a joint venture between Tohoku Electric, Tokyo Electric and a cooperative of coal producers in Fukushima Prefecture.

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

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