Tohoku secures more LNG to offset power plant losses

Tohoku Electric secured 2.2 million tonnes of additional LNG to offset lost output from two quake-damaged nuclear and fossil fuel plants.

The amount brings the utility's LNG purchases for the current financial year ending on March 31 to 5.1 million tonnes.   

The company expects its quake-hit 2,000 megawatt coal-fired Haramachi plant to resume full operations before the summer of 2013. It also said its gas-fired 446-megawatt No.4 unit at its quake-hit Sendai power plant should resume commercial operations in early February.

Furthermore, the company aims to expand wind power turbines in its service areas to about 2,000 MW by 2020 from the current 1,180 MW.

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