The , or for short, is the monopoly electric company of Hokkaidō, Japan. It is also known as Dōden and HEPCO. The company is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the .
According to the company profile, during fiscal 2011 (i.e. 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011), 26% of the electricity generated was from nuclear, 31% from coal, 15% from hydro, 8% from oil and 2% from 'new energy' sources.
Hokkaido only has one nuclear power station, the Tomari Nuclear Power Plant.
Facilities Nuclear Tomari (:ja:泊発電所) (2,070 MW) Coal Tomato-atsuma Thermal Power Station (:ja:苫東厚真発電所) (1,650 MW) Naie (奈井江発電所) (350 MW) Sunagawa (砂川発電所) (250 MW) Geothermal energy Mori (:ja:森発電所) (2.5 MW) Hydro electric – 53 dams including the following:Kyogoku pumped storage project is under construction and due for completion in 2015. It will provide 600 MW. Kyogoku pumped storage project (600 MW) Hoheikyo, Ishikari River (50 MW) Kamiiwamatsu, Tokachi River (30.4 MW) Niikappu, Niikappu River (200 MW) Nokanan, Ishikari River (30 MW) Okuniikappu, Niikappu River (44 MW) Shizunai, Shizunai River (48 MW) Takami, Shizunai River (200 MW) Takisato, Ishikari River (57 MW) Tokachi, Tokachi River (40 MW) Tomura, Tokachi River (40 MW) Uryu, Ishikari River (51 MW) Oil Date (伊達発電所) (700 MW) Shiriuchi (知内発電所) (700 MW) Tomakomai (苫小牧発電所) (250 MW) Diesel Onbetsu (音別発電所) (280 MW)
Others; Wind farms – 3 facilities (1.58 MW) Solar (photovoltaic) energy – 9 facilities (146 kW)
Generating capacity by source
Electricity producing capacity by source*HEPCO Sustainability Report 2008 Source Megawatts Percentage Number of unitsCoal 2,250 30 3Nuclear 2,070 27.5 3Oil 1,650 22 3Hydro 1,231 16 53Diesel 280 4 1Geo-thermal 50 0.5 1Other 2 -Total 7,533100 62?
References
External links
Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. (in English) HEPCO Sustainability Report 2008 (in English)