Coal-Fired Plants in China - Guangdong

Chaozhou Sanbaimen
Location: Guangdong
Operator: Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 350 MW
Operation: 1987
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Mitsui Babcock Harbin Boiler Co
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: Northeast China International Electric Power Corp
Quick facts: This power station is in the Sanbaimen Port EDZ in Zhelin Town, Raoping County. The two supercritical units have ESPs, wet limestone FGDs, and low-Nox burners. A 50,000t coal coal unloading facility was built and the plant is connected to the grid at 220kV. Chaozhou cost RMB 5.9bn and is jointly owned with Wenshan Guoneng Investment Co and Chaozhou Xinghua Energy Investment Co. In November 2006, two 1,000-MW units were ordered from Harbin for the Chaozhou plant.

Photograph courtesy of Datan Inernational Power Generation Co
Posted 6 Sep 2008

Shajiao-B
Location: Guangdong
Operator: Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Power Development Co
Configuration: 2 X 350 MW
Operation: 1987
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: IHI
T/G supplier: Toshiba
EPC: Ove Arup, Ewbank Preece, Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute, Hopewell Construction, Slipform Engineering
Quick facts: In 1979, Hopewell Holdings and Japanese trading company Kanematsu-Gosho proposed to Guangzhou City development of a 2 X 250 MW power station. The original plan did not advance, although Guangdong Province later built the first phase of Shajiao-A (3 X 200 MW). The Hopewell project turned into Shajiao-B built for Shenzhen SEZ as one of the first BOT schemes in China. At completion, shareholders were Hopewell Holdings, China Development Investment, an affiliate of Bank of China, Kanematsu-Gosho Ltd, Yue Xiu Enterprises Ltd, and Shum Yip Development Co Ltd. Construction started on 1 Jul 1985 and Unit-1 was synchronized on 22 Apr 1987 followed by Unit-2 on 22 Jul 1987. Shajiao-B cost about $513mn.

Photograph courtesy of Hopewell Power (China) Ltd
Posted 5 Apr 2008

Shajiao-C
Location: Guangdong
Operator: Guangdong Guanghope Power Co
Configuration: 3 X 660 MW
Operation: 1995-1996
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: ABB
T/G supplier: G-A
EPC: G-A, Slipform Engineering, Ove Arup
Quick facts: Shajiao-C is on the Pearl River 60km from Guangzhou. Unit-1 was synchronized in 32mos. The C station was one of several Chinese plants developed and built by Hopewell Holdings, a property and infrastructure company founded in 1963. In 1993, Hopewell formed and listed Consolidated Electric Power Asia Ltd (CEPA). In 1997, Hopewell sold sold its interest in CEPA to Southern Energy Asia Inc, a subsidiary of Southern Company from the USA that was later spun off as Mirant. In 2002, CR Power spent $300mn to buy the ownership interest of Mirant. In Oct 2006, Insigma Engineering completed the last of three new FGD scubbers of Alstom design at Shajiao C. The FGD project contract was signed in Feb 2004.

Photograph courtesy of China Resources Power Holdings Co
Posted 12 Feb 2004

Sinopec Maoming
Location: Guangdong
Operator: Sinopec
Configuration: 2 X 50 MW, 2 X 100 MW
Operation: 1995-2006
Fuel: petroleum coke, bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Ahlstrom, FW
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: G-A, Slipform Engineering, Ove Arup
Quick facts: These units at a petrochemical works are among two dozen FW ACFB boilers purchased by Sinopec to power its operations in various locations. In early 2008, the 100-MW sets set continuous operation records for similar equipment in China. Unit-1 ran for 640 days straight and Unit-2 for 540 days.

Photograph courtesy of Foster Wheeler
Posted 19 Apr 2008

Taishan
Location: Guangdong
Operator: Shenhua Guohua Power
Configuration: 5 X 600 MW
Operation: 2003-2006
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Shanghai
T/G supplier: Shanghai
EPC: Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute
Quick facts: This site is sized for eight 600-MW units. It is already the largest thermal plant on the Southern Grid. Unit-5 went commercial on 14 Dec 2006

Photograph courtesy of Guangdong Provincial People's Network Information Center
Posted 14 Feb 2010

Zhuhai 1&2
Location: Guangdong
Operator: Cheung Kong Infrastructure
Configuration: 2 X 700 MW
Operation: 2000-2001
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: MHI
T/G supplier: Westinghouse
EPC: Washington Group International
Quick facts: Two 600-MW supercritical units were added in 2007.

Photograph courtesy of Washington Group Intl
Posted 21 Oct 2001

Abbreviations

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 02/15/10

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