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{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Vietnamcoal}}'''Hải Phòng Thermal Power Station''' is a 1,200-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Hải Phòng province, Vietnam. ==Location==The undated satellite photo below shows the Hai Phong-1 to the north and Hai Phone-2 Moved to the south, in Tam Hưng commune, Thủy Nguyên district, Hải Phòng province. {{#display_map:20.9427817,106.7578707; 20.9397669,106.7549156 |width=600|height=500|type=hybrid|zoom=17GEM}} ==Background=====Hải Phòng-1===In 2002, [[Electricity of Vietnam]] set up Hai Phong Thermal Power Joint Stock Company (of which it is the majority owner) to construct the Hải Phòng plant.<ref name=industcards>[http://www.industcards.com/st-coal-th-vn.htm Coal-Fired Power Plants in Thailand & Vietnam], Power Plants Around the World website, accessed Jan. 2014.</ref> In July 2005, Japan's [[Marubeni Corporation]] and China's [[Dongfang Electric Corporation]] were awarded the construction contract for Hải Phòng 1, a two-unit, 600-MW coal power plant in Hải Phòng province, near the city of Hải Phòng.<ref>[http://www.marubeni-mpsc.com/english/news/index.cgi?cid=0003 Marubeni Jointly Awarded Large Vietnamese Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant with Giant Chinese Manufacturer of Heavy Machinery], Marubeni Corporation website, July 20, 2005.</ref> Unit 1 came online in July 2011, and Unit 2 in November 2011.<ref name=talk>[http://www.talkvietnam.com/2014/03/generating-unit-4-under-haiphong-thermal-power-plant-connected-to-national-grid/ Generating Unit 4 under Haiphong Thermal Power Plant connected to national grid], Talk Vietnam, 4 Mar. 2014.</ref> ===Hải Phòng-2===In Nov. 2006, Hai Phong Thermal Power JSC signed a contract, again with [[Marubeni Corporation]] and [[Dongfang Electric Corporation]], to build a second two-unit, 600-MW coal power plant, Hải Phòng-2, at the same location.<ref>[http://vietnamnews.vn/industries/159233/hai-phong-power-plant-deal-signed.html Hai Phong Power Plant Deal Signed], ''Viêt Nam News'', Nov. 17, 2006.</ref> The first 300-MW unit of Hải Phòng 2 started operating in Aug. 2013, and the second in February 2014. The cost of the entire project was $1.2 billion.<ref name=Heats>[http://talkvietnam.com/2013/09/hai-phong-thermal-power-heats-up/ Hai Phong Thermal Power Heats Up], talkvietnam, Sept. 20, 2013.</ref><ref name=talk/> Loans were provided by the Export-Import Bank of China and the Japan Bank for International Co-operation.<ref>[http://vietnamnews.vn/life-style/photography/166265/sharing-the-honour-05-07-2007.html "Sharing the honour,"] Vietnam News, 05-07-2007</ref> ===Hải Phòng-3===Vietnam's 2011-20 National Master Plan for Power Development, approved in July 2011, lists a four-unit, 2,400-MW Hai Phong-3, to be built by [[Vinacomin]]. Unit 1 would come online in 2021, Unit 2 in 2022, and Units 3 & 4 in 2025.<ref>[http://www.moit.gov.vn/Images/Upload/QD%201208-TTg.pdf 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. 3.</ref><ref>[http://www.vinacomin.vn/en/news/News-of-Vinacomin/Vinacomin-focuses-investment-on-power-production-1479.html Vinacomin focuses investment on power production], Vinacomin press release, 11 Sept. 2014.</ref> ===Units 1-2 delayed, units 3-4 cancelled===According to the Revised Power Development Plan VII (2016), the status of the Hải Phòng-3 project is as follows:<ref name=PDP>DANH MỤC CÁC DỰ ÁN NGUỒN ĐIỆN VÀO VẬN HÀNH GIAI ĐOẠN 2016 - 2030, Ban hành kèm theo Quyết định số 428/QĐ-TTg ngày 18 tháng 3 năm 2016 của Thủ tướng Chính phủ (''LIST OF POWER PROJECT IN OPERATION PERIOD 2016 - 2030, Issued together with Decision No. 428 / QD - TTg of March 18, 2016 by the Prime Minister'')</ref>* Hải Phòng-3 Unit 1 - delayed until 2025 (status: "Planned with investor identified," i.e. pre-permit development)* Hải Phòng-3 Unit 2 - delayed until 2026 (status: "Planned with investor identified," i.e. pre-permit development)* Hải Phòng-3 Units 3 and 4 - cancelled ==Project Details==*'''Sponsor:''' Hai Phong Thermal Power Joint Stock Company (Phases I & II); Vietnam Coal-Mineral Industry (Phase III)* '''Parent company:''' [[Electricity of Vietnam]] (Phases I & II); [[Vinacomin]] (Phase III)*'''Location:''' Tam Hưng commune, Thủy Nguyên district, Hải Phòng province, Vietnam*'''Coordinates:''' Hai Phong-1: 20.9427817, 106.7578707 (exact); Hai Phong-2: 20.9397669, 106.7549156 (exact)*'''Status:''' Phases I & II: Operating; Phase III, Units 1 and 2: Pre-permit development; Phase III, Units 3 and 4: Cancelled*'''Gross Capacity:''' 3,600 MW** Phase I, Units 1 & 2: 600 MW (2 x 300 MW)** Phase II, Units 3 & 4: 600 MW (2 x 300 MW)** Phase III, Units 1-4: 2400 MW (4 x 600 MW)*'''Type:''' [[Subcritical]] (Phases I & II)*'''Projected in service:''' ** Phase I, Unit 1: July 2011** Phase I, Unit 2: Nov. 2011 ** Phase II, Unit 3: Aug. 2013 ** Phase II, Unit 4: Feb. 2014** Phase III, Unit 1: 2025** Phase III, Unit 2: 2026** Phase III, Units 3 & 4: cancelled*'''Coal Type:''' Anthracite*'''Coal Source:''' Quang Ninh mine, Vietnam<ref name=industcards/>*'''Source of financing:''' Export-Import Bank of China and the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (Hải Phòng-2) ==Articles and resources=====References===<references/> ===Related SourceWatch articles===*[[Vietnam and coal]] ===External resources===* [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. 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