Hpa-an power station
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Hpa-an power station is a cancelled power station in Wutt Kyi village, Hpa-an, Kayin, Myanmar.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Hpa-an power station | Wutt Kyi village, Hpa-an, Kayin, Myanmar | 16.890556, 97.633333 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | cancelled | coal - unknown | 640 | ultra-supercritical | 2023 | – |
| Unit 2 | cancelled | coal - unknown | 640 | ultra-supercritical | 2023 | – |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | TTCL PCL [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | TTCL PCL [100.0%] |
Project-level coal details
- Coal source(s): imported
Background
Hpa-an power station is a proposed 1,280 MW coal plant in Hpa-an (Pa-an) township, Kayin (Karen) State. It would be built by TTCL Public Company Limited, a joint venture between Italian-Thai Development (51%) and Japan’s Toyo Engineering Corp (49%). TTCL Public Co Ltd and the state government signed a memorandum of understanding for the plant on April 3, 2017. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) hearing was held on June 21, 2017. TTCL officials said they would build the coal plant beside the Thanlwin River with the use of supercritical technology. Power would be supplied to Kayin State and sold to the Ministry of Electric Power and Energy. The plant was strongly opposed by local residents but supported by the government.[1]
In October 2017, it was reported that the 1,280 MW project would use ultra-supercritical technology and was expected to come online in 2023. The plant would run on around 4m tonnes of imported coal per year. It was estimated at US$2.8 billion.[2]
On March 14, 2018, Myanmar’s Minister of Electricity and Energy, U Win Khaing, said that the government would not approve the proposed plant. However, Kayin State residents expressed concern the state government might overrule the decision of Union government and decide to push through with the project.[3][4]
In June 2018, the chief minister of Kayin State said construction of the plant would go ahead pending Union government approval.[5] According to the Boell Foundation (October 2018), "while the land titles have not been given back to the residents yet, the Union Government is stopping any further construction."[6]
In February 2019, the Deputy Minister of Power and Energy Dr Tun Niang also stated the project would not be approved. Relevant ministries had commented that the project could pollute the sea and coastal environment.[7]
The project appears to be shelved or abandoned.
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "Kayin State to continue setting up coal-fired power plant despite objections," Eleven, June 22, 2017
- ↑ Tildy Bayar, "Thai firm to build $2.8bn coal-fired power plant in Myanmar," PEI, October 30, 2017
- ↑ "Kayin residents fear coal plant may go ahead," Myanmar Times, April 9, 2018
- ↑ "Hpa-An Coal-Fired Power Plant (1280MW)," IJGlobal, November 13, 2018
- ↑ "Kayin State chief minister “ready” to start coal-fired power plant," Myanmar Now, June 6, 2018
- ↑ Felix Sternagel, "Coal Power Plants in Myanmar: Recurring Plans, Recurring Protests," Boell Foundation, October 19, 2018
- ↑ "ကရင္ျပည္နယ္တြင္ ေဖာ္ေဆာင္မည့္ ေက်ာက္မီးေသြး လွ်ပ္စစ္ဓာတ္ အားေပးစက္႐ံုကို အစိုးရမွ လုပ္ကိုင္ခြင့္မျပဳ," The Farmer, February 18, 2019
Additional data
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