EIA for Fengman Hydropower Station Dam Reconstruction Project Receives Approval

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the State Grid Corporation of China's (SGCC) (Beijing) Fengman hydropower station dam reconstruction project recently received approval from the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP).

Fengman Hydropower Station is located in the middle stream of the Songhuajiang River, in Jilin City in northeastern China's Jilin province. The power station was initially built in 1937, and the first unit was commissioned in 1943. Through three phases of expansion, the power currently has totally 12 units with an total installed capacity of 1,002.5 megawatts (MW), including eight units with a total installed capacity of 552.5 MW built in Phase I (completed in 1960), two 85-MW units built in Phase II (completed in 1992), and two 140-MW units built in Phase III (completed in 1998).

After 60 years of operation, the old 91.7-meter-high concrete gravity dam was rated as structurally unsound. To resolve the problem, the SGCC plans to construct a new concrete dam 120 meters downstream of the existing dam to support a new powerhouse with six hydraulic turbine-generating units, each with a capapcity of 200 MW, and to keep the two 140-MW units built in Phase III of the original dam with a total investment of about $1.5 billion. The old dam, together with all the units built in Phase I and Phase II, will be removed. Upon completion, the total installed capacity of the power station will be expanded to 1,480 MW.

To facilitate the implementation of the reconstruction project, the SGCC has established a project office, the Fengman Dam Reconstruction Project Construction Bureau, to be responsible for the construction of the project. HydroChina Dongbei Engineering Corporation and HydroChina Guiyang Engineering Corporation were mandated by the SGCC to carry out the feasibility study and environmental impact assessment for the project, respectively. According to the approval of the MEP, the total construction period of the project will be 78 months. However, the project is subject to the approval of the National Development and Reform Commission before it officially kicks off.

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