Krabi power station
{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Thailandcoal}} Krabi power station is a proposed 870-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station planned for Krabi, Thailand.
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Location
The map below shows the location of Krabi, the approximate location where the plant will be built.
Background on Plant
The project is being initiated by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). The 870-megawatt coal-fired power plant is planned for Krabi's Nua Khlong district, while the coal seaport project would be established at Ban Klong Ruo.[1]
According to a 2014 report by Greenpeace, the Ban Klong Ruo coal seaport project is a new plan by EGAT to find ways of transporting imported coal from Indonesia, Australia and Africa to its coal-fired power plant. The environmental watch agency said that the port would lie in Taling-chan sub-district, Klong Kanan district, which is the part of an area listed as wetlands of international importance. Throughout the year, including the monsoon season, the unloading of coal from larger ships to smaller ones would take place at sea around Koh Lanta. The coal will be unloaded again at Ban Klong Ruo coal seaport to an 8.4 kilometre-long conveyer belt to deliver coal to the power plant.[1]
Opposition
In March 2013, Greenpeace activists protested new coal plants in Thailand, including Krabi. The action followed a protest by 500 Krabi villagers on February 11 who claimed that a coal-fired plant in their area from 1964 to 1995 had left many of them with respiratory problems and cancer.[2]
In 2014 it was reported that villagers in the southern province of Krabi had come out in strong opposition to the planned project, saying it would cause pollution and damage eco-tourism industries which generate billions in baht for local people each year.[1]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
- Location: Nua Khlong district, Krabi
- Coordinates: 8.059167, 98.918889 (approximate)
- Status: Announced
- Capacity: 870 MW
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Krabi coal plant fight heats up; Senate election nears," Phuket Gazette, March 10, 2014.
- ↑ Kritsada Mueanhawong, "Greenpeace goes over the edge to protest Krabi coal plant," Phuket Gazette, March 25, 2013.
