Tepco resumes earthquake hindered oil-fired power plant

Tepco resumed operations of its earthquake-affected 600MWFashima oil-fired power plant.

The unit, which operates on fuel oil and crude as feedstock, was shut after the 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami hit north-eastern Japan on 11 March.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has resumed operations at seven thermal units with a total capacity of 3,275MW, while six thermal units with a combined capacity of 5,200MW are still shut.