Fengcheng power station

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Fengcheng power station (国电丰城发电厂) is an operating power station of at least 4760-megawatts (MW) in Shishang Village, Fengcheng, Yichun, Jiangxi, China. It is also known as 赣能股份丰城发电厂 (Phase II Unit 5, Phase II Unit 6, Phase III Unit 7, Phase III Unit 8).

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Fengcheng power station Shishang Village, Fengcheng, Yichun, Jiangxi, China 28.1943602, 115.7088424 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Phase I Unit 1, Phase I Unit 2, Phase I Unit 3, Phase I Unit 4: 28.1943602, 115.7088424
  • Phase II Unit 5, Phase II Unit 6, Phase III Unit 7, Phase III Unit 8: 28.199732, 115.709577

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Phase I Unit 1 operating coal - bituminous 340 subcritical 1996
Phase I Unit 2 operating coal - bituminous 340 subcritical 1997
Phase I Unit 3 operating coal - bituminous 340 subcritical 1998
Phase I Unit 4 operating coal - bituminous 340 subcritical 2000
Phase II Unit 5 operating coal - unknown 700 supercritical 2007
Phase II Unit 6 operating coal - unknown 700 supercritical 2007
Phase III Unit 7 operating coal - unknown 1000 ultra-supercritical 2022
Phase III Unit 8 operating coal - unknown 1000 ultra-supercritical 2022

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Phase I Unit 1 Guoneng Fengcheng Power Generation Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase I Unit 2 Guoneng Fengcheng Power Generation Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase I Unit 3 Guoneng Fengcheng Power Generation Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase I Unit 4 Guoneng Fengcheng Power Generation Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase II Unit 5 Jiangxi Ganneng Co Ltd Fengcheng Phase II Power Plant [100.0%]
Phase II Unit 6 Jiangxi Ganneng Co Ltd Fengcheng Phase II Power Plant [100.0%]
Phase III Unit 7 Jiangxi Ganneng Co Ltd Fengcheng Phase III Power Plant [100.0%]
Phase III Unit 8 Jiangxi Ganneng Co Ltd Fengcheng Phase III Power Plant [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Permit(s): May 27, 2005, July 6, 2015

Phase I

Guodian Fengcheng power station was initially a four-unit coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 1,360 MW in Jiangxi Province.[1][2]

Ownership

On August 28 2017, China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) announced that China Guodian Corporation and Shenhua Group will be jointly restructured. Shenhua Group will become China National Energy Investment Group and will absorb China Guodian Corporation. It will be the largest power company in the world by installed capacity, as well as the world's largest coal producer.[3][4] The merger was completed on November 28, 2017.[5]

Phase II

Two coal-fired units of Ganneng Fengcheng, totaling 1,400 MW, were completed in 2007. The units were owned by Jiangxi Provincial Investment Group.[6]

Phase III

Jiangxi Provincial Investment Group & SDIC started to build a 2 x 1,000 MW ultra-supercritical expansion of the power station, known as Fengcheng power station phase three. Operation was planned for 2017-2018.[6]

Scaffold Collapse Kills Scores of Workers

On November 24, 2016, a scaffolding collapse killed at least 73 people working on the cooling tower. Li Yihuang, a vice governor of Jiangxi province, promised an investigation.[7]

2017: Plant halted by government

In July 2017, the NEA released the "Guideline of Supply-Side Reform of the Coal Power Bubble". The Guideline included a draft list which slowed down or halted 185 coal-burning units across 21 provinces, totaling 107 GW. 114 coal units (65 GW) are ordered to slow down the construction progress during 2017 to 2020, and are not allowed to connect to the grid in 2017. In addition, 71 coal units (42 GW) were halted indefinitely for regulation violations. The list partly overlapped with the projects listed in the January NEA letter to 13 provinces.[8]

Ganneng Fengcheng power station Units 1-2 are among the halted coal-burning units,[8] and also appeared on an updated list of halted projects released in September 2017.[9]

For more information, see China's 2016/2017 Restrictions on Development of Coal-Fired Power Capacity.

2018: Construction planned to resume in 2019

In December 2018 it was reported that construction on the plant is planned to resume in March 2019.[10]

2019: Construction resumes

In November 2019, it was reported that construction had resumed on the project.[11]

2022: Operation

Unit 7 began operating in July 2022[12] and Unit 8 in December 2022.[13]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "Fengcheng Power Station," Wikimapia, accessed September 2016
  2. "List of major power stations in Jiangxi province," accessed September 2016
  3. "Factbox: Shenhua and Guodian - China's latest state marriage". Reuters. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. "China Is Creating the World's Largest Power Company". Bloomberg News. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  5. "China’s Newly-Established National Energy Investment Group Sets World Records in Its Sector, With Assets of Over CNY1.8 Trillion," Yicai Global, 11-28-2017
  6. 6.0 6.1 "赣能丰电三期正式开工建," 2015-7-30
  7. Chun Han Wong, "Scaffolding collapse at China power plant kills dozens," Wall Street Journal, November 24, 2016
  8. 8.0 8.1 "16部委联合发文防范化解煤电产能过剩风险," Sohu.com, 2017-08-03
  9. "2017年分省煤电停建和缓建项目名单," Sohu, 2017-10-12
  10. "江西丰城电厂三期扩建工程项目施工D标段-冷却塔与烟囱施工(第二次)," 2018-12-20
  11. "赣能股份积极推进丰城电厂三期扩建工程复工," 证券时报网, 2019年11月13日
  12. "2×100万千瓦!丰城三期发电厂7号机组圆满完成168小时满负荷试运行," BJX, 2022-07-21
  13. "江西赣能丰城电厂三期8号机组168小时试运圆满完成," BJX, 2022-12-16

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