China Accepts Environmental Impact Assessment for Shenhua Shenwan's Anqing Expansion Project

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources China (Beijing, China)--The environment impact assessment (EIA) report for Shenhua Shenwan Wanjiang Power Generation Company Limited's (Anqing, Anhui) 2,000-megawatt (MW) Anqing Power Plant Phase II expansion project is to be approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) shortly, according to an announcement by the MEP on July 9, 2013, in which it called for final public input for the project.

According to the MEP's announcement, the Phase II expansion project will be furnished with two 1,000-MW, ultra-supercritical, water-cooling, coal-fired units based on two 3,012-ton-per-hour, ultra-supercritical, direct-through boilers, which will be shared with a 220-meter-high chimney furnished with a continuous emission monitoring system. The project also will be furnished with a limestone-plaster wet method flue gas desulfurization device, electrostatic dust-removing device, and selective catalyst reduction (SCR) device. The total investment in the project will be about $1.2 billion, including about $129 million for environmental protection.

The Shenhua Shenwan Anqing Power Plant, located on the northern bank of the Changjiang River in Laofeng Town, Yingjiang District of Anqing City, in central China's Anhui province, currently has two 300-MW, coal-fired units in operation. In August 2012, the power plant received approval from the National Energy Administration to kick off pre-stage preparation for two 1,000-MW, coal-fired units in Phase II. In the same month, the general contract for the Phase II expansion project was awarded to the consortium of North China Power Engineering Company Limited (NCPE) (Beijing) and China Power Construction Engineering Consulting Corporation (CPCEC) (Beijing), two subsidiaries of China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) (Beijing). The main sub-contracts for the supply of boilers, turbines and generators were then awarded to Dongfang Electric Corporation (Chengdu, Sichuan) and Shanghai Electric Corporation (Shanghai) in September 2012.

Construction on the project kicked off in November 2012. According to the original schedule, the first unit of the project was to have been put into operation by the end of 2014. However, as the EIA report didn't receive approval, the project was ordered by the MEP to stop construction in June 2013.

With approval of the EIA from the MEP, construction of the project is expected to resume shortly.

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