Taishan power station

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Taishan power station (神华国华粤电台山电厂) is an operating power station of at least 5030-megawatts (MW) in Tongluowan - Taishan City, Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Guohua Taishan power station, 国能台山电厂.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Taishan power station Tongluowan - Taishan City, Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China 21.8667, 112.9228 (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, Phase I Unit 5, Phase II Unit 6, Phase II Unit 7, Phase III Unit 8, Phase III Unit 9: 21.8667, 112.9228

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 600 subcritical 2003
Phase I Unit 2 operating coal - bituminous 630 subcritical 2004
Phase I Unit 3 operating coal - bituminous 600 subcritical 2006
Phase I Unit 4 operating coal - bituminous 600 subcritical 2006
Phase I Unit 5 operating coal - bituminous 600 subcritical 2006
Phase II Unit 6 operating coal - bituminous 1000 ultra-supercritical 2011
Phase II Unit 7 operating coal - bituminous 1000 ultra-supercritical 2011
Phase III Unit 8 pre-permit coal - bituminous 1000 ultra-supercritical
Phase III Unit 9 pre-permit coal - bituminous 1000 ultra-supercritical

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Phase I Unit 1 CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase I Unit 2 CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase I Unit 3 CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase I Unit 4 CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase I Unit 5 CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase II Unit 6 CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase II Unit 7 CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase III Unit 8 CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase III Unit 9 CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Permit(s): December 1, 2012

Background

The seven existing coal-fired units of Taishan power station, totaling 5,000 MW, were brought online between 2003 and 2011. The complex includes the following:

  • Unit 1 - 600 MW - 2003[1]
  • Unit 2 - 600 MW - 2004[1]
  • Unit 3 - 600 MW - 2006[1]
  • Unit 4 - 600 MW - 2006[1]
  • Unit 5 - 600 MW - 2006[1]
  • Unit 6 - 1000 MW - 2010[2]
  • Unit 7 - 1000 MW - 2011[2]


Units 6 and 7 (1,000 MW each, and included in the total above) were completed in 2010-11.[3][4]

Proposed expansion

Shenhua Guohua Power had planned an additional Units 8 & 9 of 1,000 MW each.[5]

With no known developments on the proposed units between 2011 and 2022, the expansion was presumed cancelled.

In addition, due to new restrictions announced during 2016 by the National Energy Administration and the National Development and Reform Commission, further capacity expansions at this location appeared to be on hold or cancelled. (For details, see China's 2016 Restrictions on Development of Coal-Fired Power Capacity.)

However, in October 2022, a Phase III expansion was put up for public review and appeared revived.[6]

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.[7][8] The merger was completed on November 28, 2017.[9]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Coal-Fired Plants in China - Guangdong," Power Plants Around the World, accessed November 2014
  2. 2.0 2.1 "广东国华粤电台山电厂二期工程全面竣工投产," ShangHai Power Supervision and Consultancy, 2011-11-25
  3. "广东国华台山电厂6、7号机组2×100万千瓦“上大压小”扩建工程备案信息, 国家能源局, 2014-04-23
  4. "关于广东国华粤电台山发电有限公司6、7号机组环保综合升级改造(6号机组)建设项目竣工环境保护验收公示"Environmental Protection Bureau of Taishan City, 2017-8-25
  5. "国华台电10年纳税超70亿," 台山广海湾网, 2011-03-11
  6. 国能台山电厂三期扩建2×1000MW超超临界燃煤机组项目社会稳定风险评估公众参与公告, BJX News, 2022-10-27
  7. "Factbox: Shenhua and Guodian - China's latest state marriage". Reuters. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  8. "China Is Creating the World's Largest Power Company". Bloomberg News. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  9. "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

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