[News] Thailand to send power facility to Japan.

[News] Thailand to send power facility to Japan.
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Thailand government is to send a complete power-generation facility with two gas-turbine generators to Japan to help restore electricity supplies affected by the March 11th disaster and damage to the Fukushima nuclear power complex.

Once operational, the facility is capable of producing 240,000 kilowatts of electricity, enough for between 80,000 and 240,000 households, depending on demand.

The equipment was built in 1995 by a Japanese firm near the Thai capital, Bangkok, and has been used there in times of emergency, such as power outages.

The loan deal comes in response to a request from Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator of the nuclear power plant.

The owner of the facility, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, or EGAT, and the Japanese maker have been analyzing how best to transport the huge system. Just one of the generators and its associated equipment weighs more than 500 tons.

The group says it will dismantle the equipment beginning Saturday and ship it in parts to Japan later in April.

On arrival in Japan, the equipment will be set up at a TEPCO site and should be operational as early as August.

An EGAT official says it is an honor for Thailand to help Japan as a friend.