CPI Qinghe power station

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CPI Qinghe power station (中电投清河发电厂一期) is a 1,400-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Liaoning Province, China.

Location

The photo shows the location of the plant in Qinghe District, Tieling Prefecture, Liaoning Province.

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Background on Plant

The first eight coal-fired units of CPI Qinghe power station, totaling 1,200 MW, were brought online between 1970 and 1984. The plant was originally owned by CPI. Units 1-4 were 100 MW each, and units 5-8 are 200 MW each.

Of them, only unit 8 totaling 200 MW is still operating, as of 2018. The six earliest subcritical units of the plant, units 1-6, were retired from 2007 to 2010, and were replaced by two 600 MW supercritical units in 2010-2011. The new units are referred to as units 9-10. Unit 7 (200 MW) was retired in 2018.

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 of Units 9-10

• Sponsor: SPIC Northeast Electric Power Co, Ltd.
• Parent company: State Power Investment Corporation
• Location: Qinghe District, Tieling Prefecture, Liaoning Province, China
• Coordinates: 42.5305787, 124.1402779 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Gross capacity: 1,200 MW (Units 9-10: 600 MW)
• Type: Supercritical
• In service: 2010-2011
• Coal type: Lignite
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