Baotou-1 power station

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Baotou-1 power station (华能北方联合电力包头第一热电厂) is an operating power station of at least 850-megawatts (MW) in Changqian Road, Qingshan, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Baotou-1 power station Changqian Road, Qingshan, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China 40.656667, 109.6575 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 10, Unit 11, Unit 12, Unit 13, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8, Unit 9: 40.656667, 109.6575

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 10 operating coal - bituminous 300 subcritical 2007
Unit 11 operating coal - bituminous 300 subcritical 2008
Unit 12 cancelled coal - unknown 600 unknown
Unit 13 cancelled coal - unknown 600 unknown
Unit 4 retired coal - bituminous 50 subcritical 1961 2006
Unit 5 retired coal - bituminous 100 subcritical 1961 2009
Unit 6 retired coal - bituminous 100 subcritical 1983 2008
Unit 7 retired coal - bituminous 100 subcritical 1990 2018
Unit 8 operating coal - bituminous 125 subcritical 2005
Unit 9 operating coal - bituminous 125 subcritical 2005

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 10 Baotou First Thermal Power Plant of Northern United Power Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 11 Baotou First Thermal Power Plant of Northern United Power Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 12 Baotou First Thermal Power Plant of Northern United Power Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 13 Baotou First Thermal Power Plant of Northern United Power Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 4 Baotou First Thermal Power Plant of Northern United Power Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 5 Baotou First Thermal Power Plant of Northern United Power Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 6 Baotou First Thermal Power Plant of Northern United Power Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 7 Baotou First Thermal Power Plant of Northern United Power Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 8 Baotou First Thermal Power Plant of Northern United Power Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 9 Baotou First Thermal Power Plant of Northern United Power Co Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Permit(s): September 21, 2015

Background

The five existing coal-fired units of Huaneng Baotou-1 power station, units 7-11 totaling 950 MW, were brought online in 2005 to 2008. The plant's first seven units (Units 0-6) were commissioned in 1961 and retired from 2006 to 2009. The plant is owned by China Huaneng.[1] Unit 7 was retired in 2018.[2]

Description of Expansion

According to a World Resources Institute report (2012), Huaneng is planning to build additional coal-fired units at this plant, units 12-13, with a total planned capacity of 1,200 MW.[3]

However, there appear to be no other sources verifying this proposal, which may have been cancelled.

Plant Details for Existing Units 7-11

  • Sponsor: North United Power Co Ltd
  • Parent company: China Huaneng
  • Location: Kundulun (Hondlon) District, Baotou Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
  • Coordinates: 40.656667, 109.6575 (exact)
  • Status: Operating
  • Gross capacity: 850 MW (Units 8-9: 125 MW, Units 10-11: 300 MW)
  • Type: Subcritical
  • Start year: 2005 (Units 8-9), 2007 (Unit 10), 2008 (Unit 11)
  • Coal type: Bituminous
  • Coal source:
  • Source of financing:

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "包头第一热电厂", 中国华能集团公司, 2010-12-10
  2. "淘汰落后产能: 华能集团关停4个发电机组," Sina, 2018-10-23
  3. Ailun Yang and Yiyun Cui, "Global Coal Risk Assessment: Data Analysis and Market Research," World Resources Institute working paper, November 2012

Additional data

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