Heyuan power station

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Heyuan power station (深圳能源合和电力河源发电厂) is an operating power station of at least 3244-megawatts (MW) in Puqian, Yuancheng District, Heyuan, Guangdong, China. It is also known as Heyuan Shenzhen power station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Heyuan power station Puqian, Yuancheng District, Heyuan, Guangdong, China 23.567222, 114.640278 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Phase I Unit 1, Phase I Unit 2, Phase II Unit 3, Phase II Unit 4: 23.567222, 114.640278

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 622.1 ultra-supercritical 2008
Phase I Unit 2 operating coal - bituminous 622.1 ultra-supercritical 2009
Phase II Unit 3 operating coal - unknown 1000 ultra-supercritical 2021
Phase II Unit 4 operating coal - unknown 1000 ultra-supercritical 2021

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Phase I Unit 1 SEC &HOPEWELL POWER (Heyuan) Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase I Unit 2 SEC &HOPEWELL POWER (Heyuan) Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase II Unit 3 Shenneng (Heyuan) Electric Power Co Ltd [100.0%]
Phase II Unit 4 Shenneng (Heyuan) Electric Power Co Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Permit(s): February 26, 2007, March 1, 2017

Background

The Heyuan Power Plant Project is a joint venture of Shenzhen Energy Group and Hong Kong’s Hopewell Holdings.[1] It's a 2 x 600 MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant built in Heyuan City. Unit 1 and Unit 2 commenced operation in January 2009 and August 2009, respectively.[2]

Expansion

An EIA for a 2 x 1,000 MW expansion of the power station was submitted in April 2015.[3] The estimated cost is 8 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion).[4] Construction is planned for 2018-2022.[5]

Project postponed by central government

To help meet the coal capacity limit set out in China's 13th Five-Year Plan, the NEA sent letters to 13 provinces to enforce the suspension of over 100 specific coal plants under planning or construction, totaling nearly 100 GW of capacity. In the letters, NEA said the projects should be postponed to the 14th Five Year period (2021-2025). The list included units 3-4 of the Heyuan power station.[6]

Project revived

Heyuan Power Plant units 3&4 were granted a permit by the Guangdong Provincial DRC in March 2017. The permit states the plant is a poverty reduction project, and is planned for commissioning in 2022, during the 14th-Five-Year-Plan (2021-2025).[7][8]

Construction was reported in late December 2018.[9]

Unit 3 was commissioned in July 2021, and unit 4 in September 2021.[10]

Public opposition

April 12, 2015: Residents occupy a street in downtown Heyuan on Sunday, demanding the government scrap an 8 billion-yuan coal plant. Photo: SCMP Pictures

In response to the proposed expansion, an estimated 10,000 people demonstrated on April 12, 2015 against the project, saying the air and water in the region was already heavily polluted.[11]

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Additional data

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