Cam Pha power station
{{#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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Construction of Cam Pha Thermal-power Plant starts", April 17, 2006.
- ↑ Cam Pha Thermo Power Plant No 1&2 Officially Handed Over, Business Times, Sept. 17, 2011.
- ↑ 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.