Hokuriku Electric Power Company

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The Hokuriku Electric Power Company 北陸電力 (Hokuriku Denryoku, 北陸電力^?) supplies power by a regulated monopoly to the Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, the northern part of Fukui Prefecture, and northwestern parts of Gifu Prefecture. It is often abbreviated 北電 (Hokuden, 北電^?) within its area of service, but out of that area the name can also refer to the Hokkaidō Electric Power Company so it is also shortened to 陸電 (Rikuden, 陸電^?).

Their headquarters are in Toyama, Toyama. Recently, Kei Takahara was adopted as their image character. They have also launched a campaign called 電気DE元気 (Denki DE Genki, 電気DE元気^?).

Contents 1 Power Stations 1.1 Hydroelectric 1.2 Thermal power stations 1.3 Nuclear Power Plants 2 See also

[edit] Power Stations

[edit] Hydroelectric

Rikuden has 1,812 MW of hydroelectric capacity through 115 separate generating stations.

• Arimine I - 265 MW
  • Arimine II - 120 MW
  • Wada II - 122 MW
• 神通川第一 - 82 MW
  • 神通川第二 - 40 MW
• more

[edit] Thermal power stations

Rikuden has 4,400 MW　of generating capacity through its thermal generating stations through 5 separate stations.

• Fukui Thermal Power Station - 250 MW (Unit 1 stopped in 2004)
• Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant - 1,200 MW
• Shichio Ota Thermal Power Station - 1,200 MW
• Tomiyama Thermal Power Station - 250 MW (Unit 2 stopped in 2001 and units 1 and 3 stopped in 2004)
• Tomiyama II - 1,500 MW 　　

[edit] Nuclear Power Plants

Rikuden runs just one nuclear plant, providing 1,898 MW of power.

• Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant - 1,898 MW

[edit] See also

• Nuclear power in Japan

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