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{{stub}}{{CoalSwarm}}The '''Cam Pha power station''' is a 600 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Vietnam. Initially conceptualised as a 260MW plant,<ref>[http://www.edf.org/documents/9584_coal-plants-spreadsheet.xls "Coal-Fired Plants Financed by International Public Investment Institutions Since 1994"], Appendix to ''Foreclosing the Future: Coal, Climate and International Public Finance: Investment in coal-fired power plants hinders the fight against global warming'', Environmental Defense, April 2009.</ref> the first phase was upgraded to comprise to a 300MW generating plant comprising two 150MW boilers. The project is owned by the Cam Pha Thermal-power Joint-Stock Company, with [[Vinacoal]] having a 51% interest.<ref name="Build">[http://english.vietnamnet.vn/biz/2006/04/561365/ "Construction of Cam Pha Thermal-power Plant starts"], April 17, 2006.</ref>
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The project is designed to use coal dust and slurry coal as fuel with a news report stating that the first phase would consumer approximately 1 million tonnes a year from Cua Ong Coal Company. The total cost of the first phase was estimated at US$349 million. The Haerbin Power Project Co. Ltd. from China was awarded a $US265 million construction contract for part of the project. It has been foreshadowed that the ultimate capacity of the plant may be 1,200 MW.<ref name="Build"/>
 
 
 
[[Electricity of Vietnam]], a government owned electricity utility, has signed a contract to buy the Cam Pha plant's output for 25 years.<ref name="Build"/>
 
 
 
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