Jinchang power station

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Jinchang power station (金昌热电厂) is an operating power station of at least 660-megawatts (MW) in Hexipu, Yongchang, Jinchang, Gansu, China. It is also known as Yongchang power station, 甘肃电投金昌发电公司金昌热电厂 (Unit 10).

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Jinchang power station	Hexipu, Yongchang, Jinchang, Gansu, China	38.501029, 102.269849 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 10, Unit 11: 38.501029, 102.269849

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 10	operating	coal - bituminous	330	subcritical	2013	–
Unit 11	operating	coal - bituminous	330	subcritical	2014	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 10	Gansu Power Investment Jinchang Power Generation Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 11	Gansu Power Investment Jinchang Power Generation Co Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

• Permit(s): March 23, 2013

Background

Gansu Electric Power Investment and China Datang (proportion of the investment is: GEPIC 75%; China Datang 25%) added two 330 MW units to the Gansu Yongchang power station, at a different location and named as Jinchang power station. The two units were permitted for construction by NDRC in November 2013, and went into operation in 2013 and 2014. It is a CHP power plant, supplying heat to 8 million square meters households of the Jinchang economic zone.

Right after the power plant's operation, it was fined by the provincial Environmental Protection authority for not building sufficient waste water treatment facilities as it promised in its EIA report. It also violated regulations by pouring the wastewater into an untreated pond.

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