Three Large Chinese Thermal Power Projects Begin Official Operation in September

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Unit 1 of CLP Fangchenggang power plant’s Phase I project passed its trial run of 168 hours at full load and officially went into operation September 24, 2007. The project is jointly invested by China Light and Power Holdings Limited (CLP) (Hong Kong, China) (70%) and Guangxi Water Resources and Electric Power Construction Group (Guangxi, China) (30%). CLP Fangchenggang, the largest foreign-invested electric power project in southern China’s Guangxi Autonomous Region, has a total planned installation capacity of 2,400 megawatts (MW). Two 600-MW supercritical coal-fired units will be built in Phase I. Unit 2 is expected to go into operation in the first quarter 2008.

Also on September 24, 2007, the 600-MW Unit 2 of Guodian Chengdu Jintang power plant’s Phase I project passed its trial run of 168 hours at full load and officially went into operation in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province. The plant’s 600-MW Unit 1 officially went into commercial operation June 3, 2007. The project is jointly invested by China Guodian Corporation (Beijing, China) (65%) and NWS Holdings Limited (Hong Kong, China) (35%). On April 28, 2006, China Guodian Corporation shut the Guodian Chengdu Thermal power plant -- its first plant to shut down. The Guodian Chengdu Jintang power plant replaced the thermal power plant. The project’s completion is a milestone for China Guodian Corporation in carrying energy conservation and emission-reduction, as well as for the replacement of small units with large units.

On September 28, 2007, the 200-MW Unit 1 of Qian’an Datang thermal power plant’s Phase I project passed its 96-hour trial run and went into official operation in northern China’s Hebei Province, helping China Datang Corporation reach its goal of 60,000 MW in total installed capacity. The project’s construction began in August 2006, when a $154 million, 200-MW combined-heat and coal-fired unit was built. The project could provide heat to cover 2.84 million square meters and produce 1 billion kilowatt-hours of annual power output upon completion.

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