Groundbreaking Ceremony for HNIC's Longfeng Power Plant Project Held in Puyang

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources China (Beijing, China)--The groundbreaking ceremony for Puyang Longfeng Thermal Power Company Limited's (Puyang, Henan) 1,200-megawatt (MW) grassroot project at the Longfeng Power Plant was held recently in Liutun Town, Puyang County, in central China's Henan province, according to an announcement from HNIC on June 28, 2013.

As promoted by Henan Investment Corporation (HNIC) (Zhengzhou, Henan), the Longfeng Power Plant project is a key project for energy conservation and emission reduction, and it is to be built in response to the nation's policy of replacing small units with larger ones. The project is located in Puyang Industrial Park in Puyang City, and is scheduled to shut down 258 MW of small, coal-fired units. The project will be furnished with two 600-MW, ultra-supercritical, coal-fired units, together with associated environmental protection facilities such as dust removers and flue gas desulfurization and nitrogen oxide controls, with a total investment of about $800 million.

Early in December 2011, the preliminary feasibility study report was prepared by the HNIC and passed an examination by the Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission (HDRC). HDRC submitted its request to the National Energy Administration (NEA) at the end of 2011, after conducting pre-stage preparation for the project.

In January 2013, the project received preliminary approval from the NEA, with consent to kick off pre-stage preparation. On February 19, Henan Electric Power Survey and Design Institute (Zhengzhou, Henan) was mandated to conduct a detailed feasibility study for the project.

According to the schedule, the project is expected to receive final approval from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) at the end of this year. Construction of the project is expected to kick off in the first quarter of 2014, and both units will begin operations in the first half of 2016.

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