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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Thailandcoal}} '''Mae Moh power station''' is a 2,400-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Mae Moh, Thailand. | {{#Badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Thailandcoal}} '''Mae Moh power station''' is a 2,400-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Mae Moh, Thailand. | ||
| − | Four units have been proposed for replacement. | + | Four to six units have been proposed for replacement. |
==Location== | ==Location== | ||
Revision as of 18:13, 25 August 2015
{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Thailandcoal}} Mae Moh power station is a 2,400-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Mae Moh, Thailand.
Four to six units have been proposed for replacement.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant.
Background on Plant
In 1953, lignite coal was found at Mae Moh basin, leading to construction of the Mae Moh lignite power plant. Three 75 MW generators were installed from 1978-1981, Units 4-7 (150 MW each) were constructed in 1984 and 1985, and Units 8-13 (300 MW each) were built 1989-1995, for a total of 13 generators (2,625 MW). The Electricity Generation Authority of Thailand has a licence to operate a coal mine in the province to supply fuel to the power plant.
Generating units 1 and 2 were retired on March 1, 2000, while unit 3 was taken out of service in 1999. As a result, the current total generating capacity of Mae Moh power plant is 2,400 MW.[1]
Replacement units
Units 4 through 7 (150 MW each) of the power station are being replaced.[2] As of 2014 TEAM Consulting Engineering and Management Co., Ltd. is working on the environmental and health impact assessment of the 600 MW coal project.[3] In March 2015 Alstom and Marubeni Corporation were contracted to provide a 600 MW ultra-supercritical unit, at a cost of US$1 billion.[4]
The Thailand Power Development Plan for 2015-2035 forecasts that the units 4-7 replacement (600 MW) will be operational in 2019. An additional units 8-9, totaling 425 MW, are planned for completion in 2023.[5]
Community opposition
In 2003 communities near the power station and lingite mines sued Egat in Administrative Court seeking redress from mining power generation fallouts. In February 2015 the Supreme Administrative Court ordered the Electricity Generation Authority of Thailand to set up a committee to consider evacuating villagers affected by pollution from the lignite mines and Mae Moh power plants out of the five-kilometre radius from the facilities.[6]
Project Details for Mae Moh
- Sponsor: Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
- Location: Mae Moh sub-district, Mae Moh district, Lampang province
- Coordinates: 18.296, 99.752 (exact)
- Status: Pre-permit development (Unit 4-7 replacement); Announced (Unit 8-9 replacement)
- Gross Capacity:
- Units 1-3: 75 MW each (retired)
- Unit 4-7 replacement: 600 MW total
- Unit 8-9 replacement: 425 MW total
- Type: Ultra-supercritical
- Projected in service: 2019 (Unit 4-7 replacement); 2023 (Unit 8-9 replacement)
- Coal Type: Lignite
- Coal Source: Mae Moh basin
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "Mae Moh power plant," EGAT, accessed Jan 2014.
- ↑ "Summary of Thailand Power Development Plan 2012-203, Revision 3," Ministry of Energy, June 2012, Table 4.1
- ↑ "Replacement of Units 4 – 7 at Mae Moh Power Plant, Lampang," Team Group, accessed Feb 2014.
- ↑ "Alstom to build the first ultra-supercritical lignite-fired power plant in Asia," March 09, 2015
- ↑ Thailand Power Development Plan, 2015-2035, Thailand Ministry of Energy, May 2015
- ↑ "Egat ordered to evacuate affected villagers from Mae Moh power plant," Thai PBS, February 10, 2015
