NIHON TECHNO CO., LTD.

Electricity generation and retail electricity sales business

  • Create electricity

    • Procurement improvement
    • Power generation and retail sales of electric power

    Electric power is supplied in 10 areas nationwide (the jurisdiction of the former general electricity utilities) as power producers and retail electricity companies. In addition to owning our own LNG fired power generation plants (NIHON TECHNO Sodegaura Green Power, NIHON TECHNO Joetsu Green Power and NIHON TECHNO Naka Green Power), we contribute to strengthening the energy foundation in Japan, with the stable delivery of electricity from a wide variety of trusted electricity generation sources.

    LNG fired power generation plants

  • Framework for the supply of electric power

    Customers receiving high-voltage electricity have the best mix of electricity from a wide variety of trusted electricity generation sources. We stably deliver electricity through a transmission network of existing power companies making full use of our own electricity generation demand and supply management system.

    Framework for the supply of electric power

  • LNG fired power plants owned by NIHON TECHNO

    • NIHON TECHNO Sodegaura Green Power

      NIHON TECHNO Sodegaura Green Power

      The first power plant in Japan of more than 100MW consisting of only gas engines. The first new electricity generation facility, other than the former general electricity utilities, since the Great East Japan Earthquake.
      • Engine body
        Green Gas Engine KG-18-V manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.
      • Generating capacity
        110MW [7,800kW per engine x 14 engine]
      • Start of operations
        August 2012
    • NIHON TECHNO Joetsu Green Power

      NIHON TECHNO Joetsu Green Power

      Using part of the natural gas sourced from the Minami-Nagaoka Gas Field, with Japan’s largest reserves (natural gas included in a rock formation lying 4,000 to 5,000 meters underground).
      • Engine body
        Green Gas Engine KG-18-V manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.
      • Generating capacity
        110MW [7,800kW per engine x 14 engine]
      • Start of operations
        December 2015
    • NIHON TECHNO Naka Green Power

      NIHON TECHNO Naka Green Power

      Acquired all the shares of Naka Gas Power Station Co., Ltd. on October 8, 2021, and commenced operation as a subsidiary and as a NIHON TECHNO power plant from April 2022.
      • Engine body
        Green Gas Engine KG-18-V manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.
      • Generating capacity
        110MW [7,800kW per engine x 14 engine]
      • Start of operations
        April 2022