Binga power station
{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Zimbabweandcoal}} Binga power station, also known as the Lusulu power station, is a proposed 2,000-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Zimbabwe. The first phase would be 600 MW.
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Location
The map below shows Binga, the approximate location where the plant would be built near the Lusulu coal fields.
Background
In 2012 a French consortium was granted a licence by the Zimbabwean government to build a US$3 billion thermal power plant in the country. The 2,000 MW power station would be situated in the Lusulu coal fields at Binga, in the Matabeleland North province of Zimbabwe. The coal fields have an estimated 1.2 billion tonnes of coal reserves. The expected commissioning date was 2016.[1]
PER Lusulu Power is the company pursuing the project. In August 2014 its CEO said the company had bought coal plants from the European company EDF and would be transporting them to Zimbabwe to construct the power station. Construction is planned to begin in 2015, with four units of 500 MW each. Unit 1 is planned for operation in 2018.[2]
In July 2015 Lusulu Power contracted China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) to construct a 600-MW coal-fired power plant, a first phase that is eventually planned to reach 2,000 MW. Construction of phase one is planned to begin in early 2016, at a cost of US$1.1 billion. Commissioning is planned for 2019, and would include construction of roads, transmission lines and related infrastructure.[3]
In April 2016 Pan-African Engineering Resource (PER) secured US$950 million from an unnamed Chinese bank to develop the first 600 MW phase of the Lusulu Coal Plant.[4]
Project Details
- Sponsor: PER Lusulu Power
- Parent company:
- Location: Binga, Matabeleland North province, Zimbabwe
- Coordinates: -17.616667, 27.333 (approximate)
- Status: Permitted
- Gross Capacity: 2,000 MW (Unit 1: 600 MW, remaining units: 1,400 MW)
- Type:
- Projected in service: 2019 (Unit 1)
- Coal Type:
- Coal Source: Lusulu coal field
- Source of financing: unnamed Chinese bank (US$950 million)
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References
- ↑ "Construction of new Zimbabwean power plant to start soon," ESI Africa, Jan 24, 2012
- ↑ "Pierre Nicolas, CEO and Thembani Mhambi, Public Relations Officer, PER Lusulu Power," MACIG, August 29, 2014
- ↑ "Chinese firm contracted to build 600 MW coal-fired power plant in Zimbabwe," Africa News, 2015-07-24
- ↑ "PER secures $1 bln for Binga’s Lusulu Power plant, work to commence in April 2016," FxZim, Apr 15, 2016
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