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{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Vietnamcoal}}The '''Cẩm Phả power station''' is a 600 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Vietnam.
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{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Vietnamcoal}}The '''Cẩm Phả power station''' is a 540 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Vietnam.
  
 
==Location==
 
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==Description of Expansion==
 
==Description of Expansion==
  
In 2006, it was reported that, in the future, the plant's capacity "may possibly be raised to 1,200 MW."<ref name="Build"/> Platts also reports that a Cẩm Phả Unit 3 is in development.<ref>[http://www.platts.com/Products/worldelectricpowerplantsdatabase "World Electric Power Plants Database,"], Platts, September 2013. The database is not available online but can be purchased from Platts.</ref> No other information on this supposed planned expansion seems to be available.
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In 2006, it was reported that, in the future, the plant's capacity "may possibly be raised to 1,200 MW."<ref name="Build"/> No other information on this supposed planned expansion seems to be available.
  
 
==Project Details==
 
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*'''Coordinates:''' 21.008172, 107.358091 (exact)
 
*'''Coordinates:''' 21.008172, 107.358091 (exact)
 
*'''Status:''' Operating (2011)
 
*'''Status:''' Operating (2011)
*'''Gross Capacity:''' 600 MW (existing Units 1 & 2),  
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*'''Gross Capacity:''' 540 MW (4 x 170 MW)<ref name=Platts>[http://www.platts.com/Products/worldelectricpowerplantsdatabase "World Electric Power Plants Database,"], Platts, September 2013. The database is not available online but can be purchased from Platts.</ref>
*'''Type:'''  
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*'''Type:''' Subcritical<ref name=Platts/>
*'''In service:''' 2011 (Units 1 & 2)
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*'''In service:''' 2011<ref name=Platts/>
 
*'''Coal Type:''' Waste coal, anthracite
 
*'''Coal Type:''' Waste coal, anthracite
 
*'''Coal Source:''' Cửa Ông Coal Company, Vietnam
 
*'''Coal Source:''' Cửa Ông Coal Company, Vietnam

Revision as of 20:40, 29 March 2014

{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Vietnamcoal}}The Cẩm Phả power station is a 540 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Vietnam.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is in Cửa Ông commune, Cẩm Phả district, Quảng Ninh province.

Background

Initially conceptualized as a 260 MW plant,[1] the first phase was upgraded to comprise to a 600MW generating plant comprising two 300MW boilers. The project is owned by the Cẩm Phả Thermal-power Joint-Stock Company, with Vinacomin having a 51% interest.[2] Construction began in 2006, and was completed in Sept. 2011.[3]

The project is designed to use coal dust and slurry coal as fuel, with a news report stating that the first phase would consume approximately 1 million tons of coal per year from Cửa Ông 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 $265 million construction contract for part of the project. Electricity of Vietnam, a government owned electricity utility, has signed a contract to buy the Cẩm Phả plant's output for 25 years.[2]

Description of Expansion

In 2006, it was reported that, in the future, the plant's capacity "may possibly be raised to 1,200 MW."[2] No other information on this supposed planned expansion seems to be available.

Project Details

  • Sponsor: Vinacomin (Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group)
  • Parent company:
  • Location: Cửa Ông commune, Cẩm Phả district, Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam
  • Coordinates: 21.008172, 107.358091 (exact)
  • Status: Operating (2011)
  • Gross Capacity: 540 MW (4 x 170 MW)[4]
  • Type: Subcritical[4]
  • In service: 2011[4]
  • Coal Type: Waste coal, anthracite
  • Coal Source: Cửa Ông Coal Company, Vietnam
  • Source of financing:

Articles and resources

References

  1. "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.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Construction of Cam Pha Thermal-power Plant starts", April 17, 2006.
  3. Cam Pha Thermo Power Plant No 1&2 Officially Handed Over, Business Times, Sept. 17, 2011.
  4. Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 "World Electric Power Plants Database,", Platts, September 2013. The database is not available online but can be purchased from Platts.

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