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Sumitomo Chiba Food Complex cogeneration power station

Other power plant in Chiba, Japan. Approximate location 35.6015, 140.1277.

OtherChibaJapanCO₂ reported

Sumitomo Chiba Food Complex cogeneration power station is a 58 MW other power plant in Chiba, Japan. It is operated by Summit Mihama Power Corp. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 43,249 homes (estimated). It ranks #259 of 659 Japan power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 79,232 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 18,469 cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 477 gCO₂/kWh (32.7% low-carbon) (2025).

58MW installed capacity
43,249homes powered (est.)
79,232t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-5314.

79,232 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

18,469passenger cars driven for a year
10,333homes' yearly energy use
1,320,533tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest other plants in Japan

Tomatouatsuma power station: 1,650 MW2kTomatouats…Moka power plant: 1,249 MW1kMoka power…Shin Sendai thermal power station: 1,046 MW1kShin Senda…T-Point 2 power station: 740 MW740T-Point 2 …KOBE STEEL KAKOGAWA: 594 MW594KOBE STEEL…Sendai Tohoku power station: 468 MW468Sendai Toh…UBE Industries power station: 443 MW443UBE Indust…Karita power station: 435 MW435Karita pow…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Summit Mihama Power Corp.

Local climate & thermal context

This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 35.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

15.0°Cannual mean temp
1,730heating degree-days (base 18°C)
666cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
51 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 5 °CJF: 5 °CFM: 8 °CMA: 14 °CAM: 18 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 23 °CSO: 18 °CON: 12 °CND: 7 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 30% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 38/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #30 largest other power plant of 35 in Japan by capacity.

Japan has 35 other power plants in this dataset, together about 10,650 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 35.6015, 140.1277 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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