Zhanjiang Aoliyou power station

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Zhanjiang Aoliyou power station (粤电湛江中粤能源公司调顺电厂) is an operating power station of at least 1200-megawatts (MW) in Tiaoshun Island, Chikan, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. It is also known as 粤电湛江奥里油发电厂.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Zhanjiang Aoliyou power station	Tiaoshun Island, Chikan, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China	21.3155612, 110.409342 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 2: 21.3155612, 110.409342

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	operating	coal - bituminous	600	subcritical	2011	–
Unit 2	operating	coal - bituminous	600	subcritical	2011	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	ZHAN JIANG ZHONG YUE ENERGY Co Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 2	ZHAN JIANG ZHONG YUE ENERGY Co Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

• Permit(s): August 25, 2005

Background

Zhanjiang Aoliyou power station is a two-unit coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 1,200 MW. The plant was completed in 2011, and is owned by Guangdong Yudean Group.

History

The plant was originally Orimulsion-fired. Orimulsion is a fuel derived from the bitumen that occurs naturally in large reserves in the 700 km long Orinoco oil belt in Venezuela. The two Orimulsion-fired units were completed in December 2006 and January 2007. It was the largest Orimulsion-fired power plant in the world by then. But the Orimulsion supply, imported from Venezuela, stopped after one month of the plant's operation as the Chavez government bowed out of the contract. The power plant was forced to suspend. Guangdong Yudean Group spent US$50 million to convert the Zhanjiang Aoliyou plant from Orimulsion-fired to coal-fired between 2009-2011.

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