First Unit of Huaneng Nanjing Jinling Power Plant's Gas-Fired Cogeneration Addition Begins Operations

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources China (Beijing, China)--The first unit (Unit 3) of Huaneng Nanjing Jinling Power Generation Company Limited's (Nanjing, Jiangsu) 400-megawatt (MW) Jinling Power Plant gas-fired cogeneration addition was connected to the grid and put into commission on March 10, 2013, according to an announcement from Jiangsu Electric Power Construction No.3 Engineering Company Limited (JEPC3) (Zhenjiang, Jiangsu), a subsidiary of China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) (Beijing), on March 12.

The successful connection to grid means that the unit has achieved an important milestone and has paved a firm foundation for the combined-cycle testing, as well as the "72+24" trial operation in the next stage.

The Huaneng Nanjing Jinling Power Plant, located in the Qixia District of Nanjing City, initially had two 300-MW, coal-fired, supercritical units imported from the former Soviet Union that were commissioned in March 1994 and October 1994.

The gas-fired cogeneration addition project is jointly invested by Huaneng International Power Company Limited (SH.600011) (Beijng) (51%), PetroChina Kunlun Natural Gas Utilization Company Limited (Shenzhen, Guangdong) (21%), Jiangsu Guoxin Assets Management Group Company Limited (Nanjing, Jiangsu) (21%) and Nanjing Municipal Investment Corporation (Nanjing) (7%). The project is planned to have two 9E-class, 200-MW, gas-fired, combined-cycle units, together with associated heat supply pipeline works, with a total investment of $240 million.

Nanjing Turbine & Electric Machinery (Group) Company Limited (Nanjing, Jiangsu) is serving as the general contractor for the main equipment required for the project. Hebei Electric Power Survey & Design Research Institute (Shijiazhuang, Hebei) and JEPC3 are serving as the designer and construction contractor of the project, respectively.

Construction of the project kicked off in December 2011. According to the schedule, both units of the project will begin operations by the end of June 2013. Upon completion, the project will be able to generate about 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and supply about 2.68 million gigajoules of heat to users every year.

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