Huadian Jurong power station

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The Huadian Jurong (Gourong) power station (华电句容发电厂) is a 4,000-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Jiangsu province, China.

Location

The map below shows the location of the plant, in Jurong City, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Jiangsu Province.

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Background on Plant

The first two 1,000 MW units of the power station by China Huadian went into operation in 2013.

Expansion

Two additional units of 1000 MW each began development in 2014.

The project was permitted in July 2015 and then began construction.

Unit 3 was commissioned in December 2018. Unit 4 was commissioned in May 2019.

Unit 4 was listed as an emergency back-up unit in February 2019, before completing its 168-hour trial operation in May 2019. Soon after it went from emergency back-up power to full commercial generation, in August 2019.

Project Details

• Sponsor: China Huadian
• Location: Jurong City, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China
• Coordinates: 32.19575, 119.2497 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2013 (Units 1-2); 2018 (Unit 3); 2019 (Unit 4)
• Gross capacity: 4,000 MW (Units 1-4: 1,000 MW)
• Type: Ultra-supercritical
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