CPI Chifeng New City Region power station

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CPI Chifeng New City Region power station (国家电投内蒙古锡林郭勒白音华煤电公司赤峰新城热电公司) is a 600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.

Location

The photo below shows the plant in Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

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Background on Project

CPI is currently planning to build a coal-fired power plant with a total planned capacity of 600 MW in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Construction is scheduled to begin in April 2015. The power plant would be subcritical, and fueled by lignite coal from the Baiyinhua coal mine in China.

The power station was commissioned in 2017.

Ownership

In July 2015, China Power Investment Corporation (CPI) and State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) merged to become State Power Investment Corporation (国家电力投资集团), one of the five largest state-owned electricity producers in the People's Republic of China.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Inner Mogolia Bayinhua Coal & Electricity Co
• Parent company: State Power Investment Corporation (91%), Tongliao Asset Management (9%)
• Location: Mujiayingzi Town, Songshan District, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
• Coordinates: 42.290988, 118.889309 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Gross capacity: 600 MW (Units 1 & 2: 300 MW)
• Type: Subcritical
• In service: 2017
• Coal type: Lignite
• Coal source: Baiyinhua mine, China
• Source of financing:

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