{"id":164038,"date":"2024-06-26T14:55:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T05:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=164038&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-06-26T14:55:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T05:55:58","slug":"kyushu-electric-and-government-consider-new-pumped-storage-plant","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-electric-and-government-consider-new-pumped-storage-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Electric and Government Consider New Pumped Storage Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Electric Power Co. and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism\u2019s Kyushu Regional Development Bureau are considering the construction of a new pumped storage power plant using two existing dams in Oita Prefecture. This initiative aims to reduce construction time and costs compared to building a new dam. The plan involves connecting Shimouke Dam and Matsubara Dam with a waterway, using pumped water to generate electricity during peak demand times. The project would also aid in flood control by utilizing the combined storage capacity of both dams. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyuden.co.jp\/press_h240625-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Electric Power<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_164069\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164069\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_matsubara-dam_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C648&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu Electric and Government Consider New Pumped Storage Plant\" width=\"1400\" height=\"648\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_matsubara-dam_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_matsubara-dam_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C139&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_matsubara-dam_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C474&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_matsubara-dam_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C355&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-164069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport official website<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu Electric Power Co. and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism\u2019s Kyushu Regional Development Bureau are considering&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":164070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-164038","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kumamoto-prefecture","location-oita-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/164038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}