NWEPDI Wins EPC Contract for China Shenhua's 1,320-Megawatt Expansion Project in Shaanxi

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Northwest Electric Power Design Institute (NWEPDI) (Xi'an, China), a regional subsidiary of China Power Engineering Consultancy Corporation (CPECC) (Beijing), recently received the letter of acceptance for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) bid for the 1,320-megawatt (MW) expansion project of Shenhua Shendong Electric Power Company Limited's (SSEPC) (Shenmu, Shaanxi) Dianta Power Plant that was issued by Shenhua International Trade Company Limited (Beijing), a subsidiary of China Shenhua Energy Company Limited (China Shenhua) (Beijing) (SHA:601088), CPECC announced on January 8, 2010.

This is the first 600-MW EPC general contract received by NWEPDI. It's a milestone in NWEPDI's general contracting business, and a symbolic project for NWEPDI in implementing CPECC's strategic transfer program, namely to transfer CPECC from a pure design and engineering consultant to an engineering company with international competitive force, said CPECC in its announcement.

As a subsidiary of China Shenhua, SSEPC's Dianta Power Plant is a coal-based power plant at Tadian Town in Shenmu County of Northwest China's Shannxi province. The power plant initially was established in September 1989 and was renamed from the former self-service plant of SSEPC in May 2009. The power plant has two 12-MW coke-furnace gas and coal-powder, mix-fired units; two 25-MW coal gangue-fired CFB units; and two 135-MW coal-fired units in operation.

According to the arrangement, two 660-MW coal-fired units, along with desulfurization and denitration devices, will be built in the plant area by terminating the existing 24-MW and 50-MW inefficient small units, an 80,000-ton-per-year calcium carbide plant, and a 150,000-ton-per-year coking plant. Construction of the expansion project is expected to begin in June 2010, and the two units will begin operations by March 31, 2012, and June 20, 2012, respectively.

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