Huaneng Wulashan power station

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Huaneng Wulashan power station (华能北方联合电力乌拉山发电厂) is an operating power station of at least 600-megawatts (MW) in Wulashan Town, Urad Front Banner, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, China with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as 华能北方联合电力乌拉特发电厂 (Phase I Unit 1, Phase I Unit 2, Phase II Unit 3).

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Huaneng Wulashan power station Wulashan Town, Urad Front Banner, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, China 40.651111, 108.767778 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Phase I Unit 1, Phase I Unit 2, Phase II Unit 3, Phase III Unit 4, Phase III Unit 5, Phase IV Unit 6, Phase IV Unit 7: 40.651111, 108.767778

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Phase I Unit 1 retired coal - bituminous 75 subcritical 1975 2007
Phase I Unit 2 retired coal - bituminous 75 subcritical 1975 2007
Phase II Unit 3 retired coal - bituminous 100 subcritical 1987 2010
Phase III Unit 4 operating coal - bituminous 300 subcritical 2006
Phase III Unit 5 operating coal - bituminous 300 subcritical 2006
Phase IV Unit 6 cancelled coal - bituminous 600 subcritical
Phase IV Unit 7 cancelled coal - bituminous 600 subcritical

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Phase I Unit 1 Northern United Power Co Ltd Urad Power Plant [100.0%]
Phase I Unit 2 Northern United Power Co Ltd Urad Power Plant [100.0%]
Phase II Unit 3 Northern United Power Co Ltd Urad Power Plant [100.0%]
Phase III Unit 4 Inner Mongolia Power Company Wulashan Power Plant [100.0%]
Phase III Unit 5 Inner Mongolia Power Company Wulashan Power Plant [100.0%]
Phase IV Unit 6 Inner Mongolia Power Company Wulashan Power Plant [100.0%]
Phase IV Unit 7 Inner Mongolia Power Company Wulashan Power Plant [100.0%]

Background

The two existing coal-fired units of Huaneng Wulashan power station, units 4-5 totaling 600 MW, were brought online in 2006. The plant's first three units totaling 250 MW have been retired. In 2007, the No. 1 and No. 2 cooling towers of Huaneng Wulashan Power Plant were successfully demolished and dismantled, indicating that the “Developing Large Generating Units and Retiring Small Ones” Project was implemented in full scale. Unit 3 was retired in 2010. The plant is owned by China Huaneng.[1][2]

Description of Expansion

According to WRI's 2012 "Coal Risk Assessment" study, Huaneng is planning to build two additional coal-fired units at this plant (which WRI described as "Huaneng Beifang Wulate Front Qi Wulashan Power Plant"), with a total planned capacity of 1,200 MW.[3]

However, since no other reports can be found of this expansion plan, it appears to have been abandoned.

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "Events: Optimizing Coal-based Power Development to Improve Energy Conversion Efficiency," China Huaneng, accessed December 2014
  2. "Coal-Fired Plants in China - Inner Mongolia," Power Plants Around the World, accessed December 2014
  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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