Kisenyama Power Plant

Japanese: 喜撰山発電所 - きせんやまはつでんしょ
Kisenyama Power Plant

...These include the construction of Amagase Dam (1964), the relocation of the Nango Araiseki, and the dredging of the Seta River, and the flow rate is regulated by Amagase Dam and the Nango Araiseki. The river has a total generating capacity of 590,000 kW, consisting of the Uji Power Station (maximum output 32,500 kW), Amagase Power Station (92,000 kW), and the pumped-storage Kisenyama Power Station (466,000 kW, all built in 1997). The midstream forms a gorge called the Uji River Line, but the rapids of the past are no longer seen after the completion of Amagase Dam.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Kisenyama Power Plant is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…天ヶ瀬ダムの建設(1964),南郷洗堰(あらいぜき)の移設,瀬田川浚渫(しゆんせつ)などがそれで,天ヶ瀬ダムと南郷洗堰によって流量調節が行われる。宇治発電所(最大出力3万2500kW),天ヶ瀬発電所(9万2000kW),揚水式の喜撰山発電所(46万6000kW,いずれも1997)があって,合計59万kWを発電する。中流部は宇治川ラインと呼ばれる峡谷をなすが,天ヶ瀬ダム完成後はかつてのような急流はみられない。…

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