In one embodiment, a power generation planning support apparatus includes an acquiring module configured to acquire a physical quantity that represents a startup condition of a turbine. The apparatus further includes a first storage module configured to store first information that represents a relationship between a startup schedule of the turbine and the physical quantity. The apparatus further includes a predicting module configured to predict the startup schedule of the turbine, based on the physical quantity acquired by the acquiring module and the first information stored in the first storage module. The apparatus further includes an outputting module configured to output the startup schedule predicted by the predicting module.
Please help me write a proper abstract based on the patent claims. CLAIM: 1. A power generation planning support apparatus comprising: an acquiring module configured to acquire a physical quantity that represents a startup condition of a turbine; a first storage module configured to store first information that represents a relationship between a startup schedule of the turbine and the physical quantity; a predicting module configured to predict the startup schedule of the turbine, based on the physical quantity acquired by the acquiring module and the first information stored in the first storage module; and an outputting module configured to output the startup schedule predicted by the predicting module. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the acquiring module acquires, as the physical quantity, a temperature of a predetermined portion of the turbine. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the acquiring module acquires, as the physical quantity, an ambient temperature of the turbine. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predicting module predicts, as the startup schedule, startup time that is taken for a startup of the turbine. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predicting module predicts, as the startup schedule, event time that is taken for an event during a startup of the turbine. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a deriving module configured to derive new first information that represents the relationship between the startup schedule and the physical quantity based on the startup schedule output from the outputting module, and configured to store the new first information in the first storage module. 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the deriving module derives the new first information by predicting a thermal stress occurring in a predetermined portion of the turbine during a startup of the turbine and predicting a changing process of a number of revolutions and a load of the turbine that makes shortest startup time taken for the startup of the turbine while keeping the thermal stress to a specified value or lower. 8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the deriving module comprises an adjusting module configured to adjust a value of a parameter that has an influence on calculation of the startup schedule, based on the startup schedule output from the outputting module, and the deriving module derives the new first information by calculating the startup schedule by using the value of the parameter adjusted by the adjusting module. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the deriving module comprises a retaining module configured to retain an actual machine startup schedule that is the startup schedule acquired when the turbine is actually started up, and the adjusting module adjusts the value of the parameter such that an error between the startup schedule calculated by using the value of the parameter and the actual machine startup schedule becomes smaller than an error between the startup schedule output from the outputting module and the actual machine startup schedule. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: an inputting module configured to receive requested time at which the turbine reaches a power generating state; and a second storage module configured to store second information that represents a changing process of the physical quantity, wherein the predicting module predicts startup initiation time of the turbine that satisfies the requested time, based on the requested time received by the inputting module, the physical quantity acquired by the acquiring module, and the second information stored in the second storage module. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a third storage module configured to store third information that represents a relationship between the startup schedule and the physical quantity and is different from the first information; and a selecting module configured to select whether the startup schedule is to be predicted based on the first information or the third information, wherein the predicting module predicts the startup schedule of the turbine based on information selected by the selecting module. 12. A power generation planning support method, comprising: acquiring, by an acquiring module, a physical quantity that represents a startup condition of a turbine; reading, from a first storage module, first information that represents a relationship between a startup schedule of the turbine and the physical quantity; predicting, by a predicting module, the startup schedule of the turbine based on the physical quantity acquired by the acquiring module and the first information read from the first storage module; and outputting, from an outputting module, the startup schedule predicted by the predicting module.