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{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Vietnamcoal}}Than Bình Định power station is a proposed 3,200-megawatt (MW) coal plant complex in Bình Định province, Vietnam.

Location

The map below shows the location of Cát Thành village, the approximate location where the plant would be built, in Phù Cát district, Bình Định province.

Background

Appendix II of Vietnam's 2011-20 National Master Plan for Power Development, approved in July 2011, lists two coal-fired power plants totaling 3,200 MW in Bình Định province: the two-unit, 1,200-MW Than Bình Định-1, to be constructed by 2026-27; and the two-unit, 2,000-MW Than Bình Định-2, to be constructed by 2029.[1]

In April 2015, representatives of Thai companies Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), STFE Company, and KST Energy Development met with Bình Định provincial officials and expressed interest in the project. A Thai conglomerate including some of the same companies is already planning to build an oil refinery in Bình Định.[2]

Project Details

  • Sponsor: Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and possible other Thai companies
  • Parent company:
  • Location: Bình Định province, Vietnam
  • Coordinates: 14.079, 109.205 (approximate)
  • Status: Pre-permit development
  • Gross Capacity: 3,200 MW
  • Type:
  • Projected in service: 2026-29
  • Coal Type:
  • Coal Source:
  • Source of financing:

Articles and resources

References

  1. Quyết định phê duyệt Quy hoạch phát triển điện lực quốc gia giai đoạn 2011 - 2020 có xét đến năm 2030 (Approval of the National Master Plan for Power Development for the 2011-2020 Period with Vision to 2030), Prime Minister of Vietnam, Statement No. 1208/QD-TTg, July 21, 2011, Appendix II, p. 2-3.
  2. Lãnh đạo UBND tỉnh Bình Định tiếp và làm việc với Đoàn công tác của Tập đoàn Sản xuất Điện lực Thái Lan, Công ty TNHH STFE và Công ty Phát triển Năng lượng KST (Thái Lan), Bình Định Department of Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2015.

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