Changchun-3 power station

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Changchun-3 power station (长春第三热电厂) is a 760-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Jilin Province, China.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the plant in Changchun, Jilin Province.

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Background on Plant

Changchun-3 power station is a 2 x 300 MW subcritical district heating power plant, built in 2009 in the southwest part of Changchun. The plant is a combined heating and power unit, providing heat to heating an area of about 11 million 230 thousand square meters.

Expansion

Two more units of 80 MW each are planned. Unit 3 was commissioned in November 2018. Unit 4 was commissioned in December 2018.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Datang Jlilin Power Generation
• Parent: China Datang
• Location: Changshan Town (Changshanzhen), Qianguo'erluosi (Qian Gorlos) Mongol Autonomous County, Songyuan Prefecture, Jilin Province, China
• Coordinates: 43.778056, 125.143056 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Gross capacity: 760 MW (Units 1 & 2: 300 MW; Units 3 & 4: 80 MW)
• Type: Subcritical combined heating and cooling
• Start year: 2009 (Units 1-2), 2018 (Units 3-4)
• Coal type: Bituminous
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