A geothermal power station under construction by Orix Corp. and Toshiba Corp. is pictured in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, in November 2013. (Photo courtesy of Orix Corp.) |
Chuo Electric Power Co. will herald the move in April by initiating the operation of a new geothermal plant in Kumamoto Prefecture -- the country's first such facility to be inaugurated in 15 years.
Orix Corp. and Toshiba Corp. are also planning to put their geothermal power station into service sometime around the spring of 2015.
There are also dozens of other plans across the country to build geothermal plants each with a maximum output of less than 15,000 kilowatts.
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