Chūbu Electric Power Company
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| Type | Public TYO: 9502 |
| Founded | July 1992 |
| Headquarters | Nagoya東区東新町1, Japan |
| Industry | Electricity, Gas |
| Revenue | ¥2,117 billion yen (2007/3) |
| Employees | 15,188 (2006/9) |
| Website | www.chuden.co.jp/ |
The Chūbu Electric Power Company 中部電力 (Chubu Denryoku?) is the electric provider for the middle Chūbu region of the Honshū island of Japan. It provides electricity at 60 Hz, though an area of Nagano Prefecture uses 50 Hz. The company's CM is Koyuki.
Recently, the company has also expanded into the business of optical fibers. On January 1, 2006 a new company, Chubu telecommunications, was formed.
Chubu Electric is one of Nagoya's "3 influential companies."
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[edit] Power Stations
[edit] Hydroelectric
The company has 182 separate hydro generating stations with a total capacity of 5,217 MW.
- Iwazu Hydroelectric Generating Station
- Kamiosu Dam (1,500 MW)
- Takane Dam I (340 MW)
- Takane Dam II (25 MW)
- more
[edit] Thermal power stations
The company has 11 separate thermal power stations with a total capacity of 22,900 MW.
- Atsumi Thermal Generating Station (crude and Heavy Oil, 2,400 MW)
- Kawagoe Thermal Generating Station (Natural Gas, 1,740 MW)
- Joetsu Thermal Generating Station (Combined cycle, 3,970 MW)
- more
[edit] Nuclear Power Stations
The company has just one nuclear power station with a capacity of around 5 GW
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