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Takigami project to build 5 MW geothermal plant in Oita, Japan

Takigami project to build 5 MW geothermal plant in Oita, Japan Geothermal hot spring near Kokonoe, Oita Prefecture, Japan (source: flickr/ monkist, creative commons)
Francisco Rojas 2 Mar 2015

Takigami (Idemitsu Kosan) has said today that a new 5 MW binary geothermal plant will be constructed and is scheduled to start operation in 2017 in Oita, Japan

In an official news release by Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. announces that it has decided to construct a binary geothermal power plant at the Takigami Office of Idemitsu Oita Geothermal Co., Ltd. its wholly-owned subsidiary.

Project Specs:

Name Takigami Binary Geothermal Power Plant
Location 3330-152 Oaza Nogami, Kokonoe-machi, Kusu-gun, Oita
(on the site of Production Pad No. 1)
Generation capacity 5,050 kW
Annual generation scale 31 million kWh
Line of business Geothermal power generation business
(using the feed-in tariff for electricity from renewable energy sources)
Start of operation March 2017 (scheduled)

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Source: Idemitsu