Gansu Baiyin power station

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Gansu Baiyin power station (靖煤集团白银热电公司新建项目) is a 700-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Gansu Province, China.

Location

The photo below shows the plant at 1 Dongwei Second Road in Baiyin Prefecture.

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Background on Project

Gansu Jingyuan Coal Electricity has proposed to build a two-unit coal-fired power plant with a total planned capacity of 700 MW in Gansu Province. The projected cost of the plant is 3.35 billion yuan

Unit 1 was commissioned in 2015, and unit 2 in 2016. It is a CHP power plant, supplying heat to 10 million square meters of constructions in Baiyin city, besides electricity generation.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Gansu Jingyuan Coal Electricity
• Location: 1 Dongwei Second Road, Yindong District, Baiyin Prefecture, Gansu Province, China
• Coordinates: 36.528794, 104.227454 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Gross capacity: 700 MW (Units 1 & 2: 350 MW)
• Type: Supercritical
• In service: 2015 (Unit 1), 2016 (Unit 2)
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