Hydroelectricity in Japan

Hydroelectricity is Japan's main renewable energy source, with an installed capacity of about 27 GW and a production of 69.2 TWh of electricity in 2009,[1] making Japan one of the biggest hydroelectricity producers in the world.[2]

As of September 2011, Japan had 1,198 small hydropower plants with a total capacity of 3,225 MW. The smaller plants accounted for 6.6% of Japan's total hydropower capacity. The remaining capacity was filled by large and medium hydropower stations, typically sited at large dams. Cost per killowat-hour for power from smaller plants was high at ¥15-100, hindering further development of the energy source.[3]

List of hydroelectric power stations

The Sakuma Dam
The Kurobe Dam
The Maruyama Dam
The Ueno Dam, lower reservoir of the pumped-storage Kannagawa Hydropower Plant
The Futatsuya-Tōshukō Dam
Station Capacity (MW) Community Coordinates Status
Akiba Dam 127.1   34°58′20″N 137°49′42″E / 34.97222°N 137.82833°E Operational
Amagase Dam 92   34°52′51″N 135°49′41″E / 34.88083°N 135.82806°E Operational
Arimine Dam 53.4   36°29′22″N 137°26′55″E / 36.48944°N 137.44861°E Operational
Dashidaira Dam 124   Operational
Funagira Dam 32   34°53′26″N 137°48′54″E / 34.89056°N 137.81500°E Operational
Hatanagi-I Hydroelectric Dam 137   35°19′17″N 138°10′59″E / 35.32139°N 138.18306°E Operational
Hatanagi-II Hydroelectric Dam 85   35°18′29″N 138°12′11″E / 35.30806°N 138.20306°E Operational
Hiraoka Dam 101   Operational
Honkawa[4] 600      
Ikawa Dam 62   35°12′38″N 138°13′22″E / 35.21056°N 138.22278°E Operational
Ikehara Pumped Storage Plant 350   Operational
Imaichi Pumped Storage Plant 1,050 36°49′31″N 139°39′58″E / 36.82528°N 139.66611°E Operational
Kadonogawa Power Station 800   Operational
Kannagawa Hydropower Plant U/C 2,820   36°00′18″N 138°39′09″E / 36.00500°N 138.65250°E Operational
Kazunogawa Pumped Storage Plant 1,200 35°43′07″N 138°55′47″E / 35.71861°N 138.92972°E Operational
Kinugawa-Kurobe Dam 127   Operational
Kisen'yama Pumped Storage Plant 466   34°53′30″N 135°51′34″E / 34.89167°N 135.85944°E Operational
Konoyama Dam 126   Operational
Kurobe Dam 335   36°33′30″N 137°40′00″E / 36.55833°N 137.66667°E Operational
Kuroda Dam 315   35°11′14″N 137°28′34″E / 35.18722°N 137.47611°E Operational
Maruyama Dam 185   35°28′08″N 137°10′20″E / 35.46889°N 137.17222°E Operational
Masegawa Dam[4] 288   Operational
Matanoagawa Pumped Storage Plant 1,200   35°14′44″N 133°29′30″E / 35.24556°N 133.49167°E Operational
Miboro Dam 215   36°08′17.7″N 136°54′38.9″E / 36.138250°N 136.910806°E Operational
Midono Pumped Storage Plant[4] 122   Operational
Miho Dam 7.4   35°24′37″N 139°02′30″E / 35.41028°N 139.04167°E Operational
Misakubo Dam 50   35°11′05″N 137°55′54″E / 35.18472°N 137.93167°E Operational
Miyagase Dam 24   35°32′26″N 139°15′09″E / 35.54056°N 139.25250°E Operational
Miyanaka Dam 449   Operational
Nagano Pumped Storage Plant 220   Operational
Niikappu Pumped Storage Plant 200   Operational
Nishiotaki Dam 234   Operational
Numappara Pumped Storage Plant 675   Operational
Ohashi Dam 615   33°46′13″N 133°20′12″E / 33.77028°N 133.33667°E Operational
Ōigawa Dam 68.2   35°09′53″N 138°08′34″E / 35.16472°N 138.14278°E Operational
Okawachi Pumped Storage Plant[5] 1,280   Operational
Okikuyotsu Pumped Storage Plant 1,000   Operational
Okikuyotsu II Pumped Storage Plant 600   Operational
Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station[6] 30   26°40′25″N 128°15′56″E / 26.67361°N 128.26556°E Operational
Okutadami Dam 560   37°09′12″N 139°15′00″E / 37.15333°N 139.25000°E Operational
Okutataragi Pumped Storage Plant 1,932   35°14′12″N 134°51′23″E / 35.23667°N 134.85639°E Operational
Okuyoshino Pumped Storage Plant 1,206 Totsukawa 34°7′4″N 135°49′16″E / 34.11778°N 135.82111°E Operational
Okuyahagi[4] 865      
Otori Dam 182   37°12′53″N 139°12′50″E / 37.21472°N 139.21389°E Operational
Sagami Dam 31   35°36′56″N 139°11′43″E / 35.61556°N 139.19528°E Operational
Sakuma Dam 350 Sakuma 35°05′58″N 137°47′39″E / 35.09944°N 137.79417°E Operational
Sasamagawa Dam 58   34°58′17″N 138°05′38″E / 34.97139°N 138.09389°E Operational
Senzu Dam 22.2   35°13′00″N 138°05′25″E / 35.21667°N 138.09028°E Operational
Shimogo Pumped Storage Plant 1,000   Operational
Shin-Takasegawa Pumped Storage Plant 1,280   36°28′26″N 137°41′23″E / 36.47389°N 137.68972°E Operational
Shinanogawa Pumped Storage Plant 234   Operational
Shintoyone Pumped Storage Plant 1,125   35°07′33″N 137°45′38″E / 35.12583°N 137.76056°E Operational
Shiobara Pumped Storage Plant 900   Operational
Shiogō Dam 58   35°00′05″N 138°05′15″E / 35.00139°N 138.08750°E Operational
Shiroyama Dam 275   35°35′09″N 139°17′22″E / 35.58583°N 139.28944°E Operational
Tagokura Dam 390   37°18′38″N 139°17′13″E / 37.31056°N 139.28694°E Operational
Takami Pumped Storage Plant 200   Operational
Taki Dam 92   37°23′13″N 139°32′02″E / 37.38694°N 139.53389°E Operational
Tamahara Pumped Storage Power Station 1,200 36°46′56″N 139°03′23″E / 36.78222°N 139.05639°E Operational
Tashiro Dam 40.1   35°29′55″N 138°14′47″E / 35.49861°N 138.24639°E Operational
Tedorigawa I Dam 250   Operational
Tokuyama Dam 153   35°39′55″N 136°30′08″E / 35.66528°N 136.50222°E Operational
Tominaga Dam 1,095   35°11′59″N 137°27′31″E / 35.19972°N 137.45861°E Operational
Yagisawa Pumped Storage Plant 240   Operational
Yomihaki Power Station 112   Operational

See also

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References

  1. ↑ See Hydroelectricity#World hydroelectric capacity
  2. ↑ See List of countries by electricity production from renewable sources
  3. ↑ Johnston, Eric, "Small hydropower plants keep it local", Japan Times, 29 September 2011, p. 3.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Plants in Japan - Industcards
  5. ↑ Major Power Plants in Japan
  6. ↑ Yanbaru