Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Wins Bids for Two Thermal Power Projects

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Northwest Electric Power Design Institute (NWEPDI) (Xi'an, Shaanxi), a regional subsidiary of China Power Engineering Consultancy Corporation (CPECC) (Beijing), has won bids for the survey, investigation and engineering of two large thermal power projects in northern China and central China. These two projects are the 2,000-megawatt (MW) Ultra Supercritical Coal-Fired Project of North United Power Company Limited's (NUPC) (Hohhot, Inner Mongolia) Changcheng Power Plant and the 1,320-MW Ultra Supercritical Coal-Fired Units of Huadian Liu'an Power Plant Phase II Expansion Project, NWEPDI announced recently.

Changcheng Power Plant is located at the Shanghaimiao Energy and Chemical Base in Etuokeqian Banner, in northern China's Inner Mongolia region. The power plant has a total planned capacity of four units of 1,000 MW each. Of these, two 1,000-MW ultra supercritical air-cooling units together with flue gas desulfurization and denitration devices will be built in Phase I. The project is to be built and invested in by NUPC, a company jointly owned by China Huaneng Group (Beijing), CITIC Pacific Company Limited (Beijing), China Shenhua Energy Company Limited (Beijing) (SH:601088) and Inner Mongolia Power Investment Company Limited (Hohhot, Inner Mongolia). Total investment of the project will be about $1.1 billion. Preliminary feasibility study reports of the project passed the examination of an expert panel in May 2008. According to the planning, the project will start construction in 2009 and begin operation in 2011.

Huadian Liu'an Power Plant, located at Yu'an District in the south suburban of Liu'an City in Central China's Anhui Province, is a subsidiary of China Huadian Corporation (Beijing). The power plant currently has two 135-MW coal-fired units in operation. According to the planning, two 660-MW ultra supercritical coal-fired units will be built in Phase II at the south of Phase I. Total investment of the expansion project will be about $650 million, and the project is expected to complete by the end of 2010.

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