Hydroelectricity in Japan, the Glossary
Hydroelectricity is the second most important renewable energy source after solar energy in Japan with an installed capacity of 50.0 gigawatt (GW) as of 2019.[1]
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62 relations: Akiba Dam, Amagase Dam, Arimine Dam, Ōhashi Dam, Ōigawa Dam, Dashidaira Dam, Electricity sector in Japan, Energy in Japan, Fukushima nuclear accident, Funagira Dam, Geothermal power in Japan, Hatanagi-I Dam, Hatanagi-II Dam, Hiraoka Dam, Hydroelectricity, Hydropower, Ikawa Dam, Imaichi Dam, International Hydropower Association, Japan, Kannagawa Hydropower Plant, Kazunogawa Pumped Storage Power Station, Kōnoyama Dam, Kurobe Dam, Kuroda Dam, List of renewable energy topics by country and territory, Maruyama Dam, Matanoagawa Dam, Matsubara Dam, Miboro Dam, Miho Dam, Misakubo Dam, Miyagase Dam, Miyanaka Dam, Nishiotaki Dam, Okawachi Pumped Storage Power Station, Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station, Okukiyotsu Pumped Storage Power Station, Okutadami Dam, Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station, Okuyahagi Pumped Storage Power Station, Okuyoshino Pumped Storage Power Station, Otori Dam, Sagami Dam, Sakuma Dam, Sasamagawa Dam, Senzu Dam, Shimogo Pumped Storage Power Station, Shin-Takasegawa Pumped Storage Station, Shintoyone Pumped Storage Power Station, ... Expand index (12 more) »
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Akiba Dam
The is a dam on the Tenryū River, located in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Amagase Dam
The is an arch dam on the Uji River just upstream from Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
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Arimine Dam
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Ōhashi Dam
is a dam built on the Yoshino River in Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture of Japan.
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Ōigawa Dam
The is a dam on the Ōi River in Haibara District, Kawanehon, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Dashidaira Dam
Dashidaira Dam is a gravity dam located in Toyama prefecture in Japan.
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Electricity sector in Japan
The electric power industry in Japan covers the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy in Japan.
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Energy in Japan
Japan is a major consumer of energy, ranking fifth in the world by primary energy use.
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Fukushima nuclear accident
The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan which began on 11 March 2011.
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Funagira Dam
The is a dam on the Tenryū River, located in Tenryū district, Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Geothermal power in Japan
Japan has favorable sites for geothermal power because of its proximity to the Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc.
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Hatanagi-I Dam
The is a dam on the Ōi River in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Hatanagi-II Dam
The is a dam on the Ōi River in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Hiraoka Dam
is a dam in Tenryū, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1951.
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Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).
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Hydropower
Hydropower (from Ancient Greek -, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines.
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Ikawa Dam
The is a dam on the Ōi River in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Imaichi Dam
The Imaichi Dam (今市ダム) is a concrete gravity dam on the Togawa River located west of Nikkō in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
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International Hydropower Association
The International Hydropower Association (IHA) is an international lobby group and membership association representing the global hydropower sector.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
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Kannagawa Hydropower Plant
The Kannagawa Hydropower Plant (神流川発電所) is an under construction pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant near Minamiaiki in Nagano Prefecture and Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
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Kazunogawa Pumped Storage Power Station
The Kazunogawa Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station near Kōshū in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
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Kōnoyama Dam
is a dam in Tsunan, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1971.
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Kurobe Dam
The, or, is a high variable-radius arch dam located on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
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Kuroda Dam
The Kuroda Dam (黒田ダム) is a dam in the city of Toyota in the Aichi Prefecture of Japan.
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List of renewable energy topics by country and territory
This is a list of renewable energy topics by country and territory.
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Maruyama Dam
The is a dam on the border of Mitake and Yaotsu in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
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Matanoagawa Dam
The Matanogawa Dam (俣野川ダム) is a concrete gravity dam on a tributary of the Hino River located south of Kōfu in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
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Matsubara Dam
Matsubara Dam (松原ダム) is a dam in the Ōita Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1972.
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Miboro Dam
is a dam on the Shō River in Shirakawa, in Gifu Prefecture Japan.
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Miho Dam
The is a multi-purpose dam on the Kawauchi River, a tributary stream of the Sakawa River in the town of Yamakita, Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Misakubo Dam
The is a dam on the Tonaka River, a tributary stream of the Misakubo River, itself a tributary of the Ōi River, located in Tenyrū-ku Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Miyagase Dam
The is a dam on the Nakatsu River, a main tributary of the Sagami River in Aikō District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Miyanaka Dam
Miyanaka Dam (宮中ダム) is a dam in the Niigata Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1938.
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Nishiotaki Dam
Nishiotaki Dam (西大滝ダム) is a dam in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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Okawachi Pumped Storage Power Station
The is a large pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Kamikawa Town in the Kanzaki District of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
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Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station
The was an experimental hydroelectric power station located in Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan and operated by the Electric Power Development Company.
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Okukiyotsu Pumped Storage Power Station
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Okutadami Dam
The Okutadami Dam (奥只見ダム) is a concrete gravity dam on the Tadami River, east of Uonuma on the border of Niigata and Fukushima Prefectures, Japan.
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Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station
The is a large pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Asago, in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan.
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Okuyahagi Pumped Storage Power Station
The is a group of large pumped-storage hydroelectric power plants and smaller conventional plants located in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, and Ena, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
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Okuyoshino Pumped Storage Power Station
The Okuyoshino Pumped Storage Power Station (奥吉野発電所) is located north of Totsukawa in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
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Otori Dam
The is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Tadami River, southwest of Tadami in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
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Sagami Dam
The is a multi-purpose dam on the main stream Sagami River in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Sakuma Dam
The is a dam on the Tenryū River, located on the border of Toyone, Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Sasamagawa Dam
The is a dam on the Sasama River, a tributary of the Ōi River, located on the border of the city of Shimada and the town of Kawanehon, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Senzu Dam
The is a dam on the Sumata River, a tributary of the Ōi River, located in Kawanehon Town, Haibara District, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Shimogo Pumped Storage Power Station
The is a large pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant in Shimogō, Minamiaizu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
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Shin-Takasegawa Pumped Storage Station
The Shin-Takasegawa Pumped Storage Station (新高瀬川発電所) uses the Takase River (a tributary of the Shinano River) to operate a pumped storage hydroelectric scheme about west of Ōmachi in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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Shintoyone Pumped Storage Power Station
The is a large pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant in Toyone, Kitashitara, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
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Shiobara Pumped Storage Plant
The Shiobara Pumped Storage Power Station (塩原発電所) is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Nasushiobara, in the Tochigi Prefecture of Japan.
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Shiogō Dam
The is a dam on the main stream of the Ōi River, in the town of Kawanehon, Haibara District, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Shiroyama Dam
The is a multi-purpose dam on the main stream Sagami River in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Solar power in Japan
Solar power in Japan has been expanding since the late 1990s.
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Tagokura Dam
Tagokura Dam (田子倉ダム) is a gravity dam, on the Tadami River in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan.
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Taki Dam
is a gravity dam on the Tadami River, east of Tadami in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
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Tamahara Dam
Tanbara Dam (玉原ダム, which can be mistakenly read Tamahara Dam) is a rock-fill embankment dam impounding the headwaters of the Hotchi River, a Tone River tributary in Gunma Prefecture of Japan.
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Tashiro Dam
The is a dam on the Ōi River in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Tokuyama Dam
The is an embankment dam near Ibigawa, Ibi District, Gifu Prefecture in Japan.
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Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
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Wind power in Japan
In Japan's electricity sector, wind power generates a small proportion of the country's electricity.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity_in_Japan
Also known as Hydropower in Japan, List of hydroelectric power stations in Japan.
, Shiobara Pumped Storage Plant, Shiogō Dam, Shiroyama Dam, Solar power in Japan, Tagokura Dam, Taki Dam, Tamahara Dam, Tashiro Dam, The Japan Times, Tokuyama Dam, Watt, Wind power in Japan.