{"id":168012,"date":"2024-12-17T13:11:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T04:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=168012&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-12-17T13:11:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T04:11:34","slug":"kyushu-electric-to-upgrade-steam-turbines","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-electric-to-upgrade-steam-turbines\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Electric to Upgrade Steam Turbines at Genkai Nuclear Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Electric Power Company announced plans to replace steam turbines at Units 3 and 4 of the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Saga Prefecture, marking the first upgrade since operations began in the 1990s. The move aims to improve power generation efficiency and reliability by installing modern turbine systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The upgrades are scheduled for completion in fiscal years 2027 (Unit 3) and 2028 (Unit 4), pending approval from Japan&#8217;s Nuclear Regulation Authority. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyuden.co.jp\/press_241213-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Electric Power<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhi.com\/jp\/news\/24121302.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mitsubishi Heavy Industries<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167989\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_genkai-new-turbine_2024_cl.jpg?resize=900%2C627&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu Electric to Upgrade Steam Turbines at Genkai Nuclear Plant\" width=\"900\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_genkai-new-turbine_2024_cl.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_genkai-new-turbine_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_genkai-new-turbine_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C535&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\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 Company announced plans to replace steam turbines at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":167993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168012","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/168012","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=168012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}