Patent ID: 6973376

Claim:
A power generation plants remote control and operation system connected to a plurality of power generation plants via communication lines so as to permit mutual communication and for remote controlling the plurality of power generation plants comprising: a centralized monitoring device which performs centralized monitoring of operation states of the plurality of power generation plants; and a plurality of start and stop control devices for remote controlling start and stop operation of the plurality of power generation plants and a number of the start and stop control devices corresponds to the number of the plurality of thermal power generation plants, wherein said centralized monitoring device includes said starting and stopping control devices for each of the power generation plants and an operator centralized monitor and operations unit connected to the starting and stopping control devices, and wherein the start and stop control devices are provided with start and stop control programs setting a control and operation sequence for starting and stopping for each of the power generation plants and timing management programs setting timings for start operation initiation and stop operation initiation in a number corresponding to the number of the power generation plants.