Huaneng Shang'an power station

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Huaneng Shang'an power station (华能上安发电厂) is a 2,540-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Hebei Province, China.

Location

The map below shows the location of the plant, in Jingxing County, Shijiazhuang Prefecture, Hebei Province.

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Background on Plant

Huaneng Shang'an power station is a six-unit coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 2,540 MW in Hebei Province built between 1990 and 2008. The plant is owned by China Huaneng. Units 5 and 6 are the first 600 MW supercritical units in China to use air cooling rather than water cooling.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Huaneng Hebei Branch
• Parent: Huaneng
• Location: Shang'an Town, Jingxing County, Shijiazhuang Prefecture, Hebei Province, China
• Coordinates: 38.05729, 114.19627 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Gross capacity: 2,540 MW (Units 1 & 2: 350 MW; Units 3 & 4: 300 MW; Units 5 & 6: 600 MW)
• Type: Subcritical (Units 1-4), Supercritical (Units 5 & 6)
• In service: 1990 (Units 1 & 2); 1997 (Units 3 & 4); 2008 (Units 5 & 6)
• Coal type:
• Coal source: Central Shanxi Province
• Source of financing:

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