Hibikinada Thermal Power Station — Japan

Hibikinada Thermal Power Station is a 112 MW coal power station in , Japan. It ranks #239 of 692 Japan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2019, it is around 7 years old — recently built. In context, coal supplies about 32.1% of Japan's electricity; the national grid averages 477 gCO₂/kWh (32.7% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_hibikinadathermal_japan.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 112 MW, Hibikinada Thermal Power Station is below the median coal plant in Japan (250 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #67 largest coal power plant of 94 in Japan by capacity.

Japan has 94 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 53,431 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Tobata · Gas · 891.8 MW · Fukuoka
• Kitakyushu 13 Solar Power Plant · Solar · 13 MW · Fukuoka
• Hibikinida Biomass power station · Coal · 112 MW · Fukuoka Prefecture
• Shin Kokura · Gas · 1,800 MW · Fukuoka
• Hibiki - Eneseed Solar Power Plant · Solar · 20.5 MW · Fukuoka
• Hibiki Takataya · Solar · 42.9 MW · Fukuoka

Location

Coordinates 33.94, 130.830563 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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