Mong Duong power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Vietnamcoal}}Mông Dương power station is a 2,320-megawatt (MW) coal plant complex in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant site, which is in Mông Dương ward, Cẩm Phả city, Quảng Ninh province.
Background
Mông Dương-1
In 2006, the Vietnamese government applied for a loan from the Asian Development Bank for the construction of Mông Dương-1, a proposed two-unit, 1,080-MW, mine-to-mouth coal-fired power plant in the Mông Dương district of Cẩm Phả city, in the heart of Vietnam's coal mining region. At the time, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), the sponsor of Mông Dương-1, was going through privatization.[1][2]
In October 2011, after years of apparent delays, construction on Mông Dương-1 broke ground, with Hyundai Construction & Engineering, a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, serving as engineering & construction contractor.[3] The first unit went online in March 2015, and the second unit in October 2015.[4][5] By May 2015, both units had been successfully tested;[6] however, both units were apparently still under construction at that point.
Unit 1 was completed in September 2015 and Unit 2 was completed in December 2015.[7]
Mông Dương-2
In December 2008, the Vietnamese government agreed to grant an investment license to AES-VCM Mong Duong Power Company — a joint venture of U.S. company AES, Korea's POSCO, and China Power Investment Corporation — to build the 1,200-MW Mông Dương-2.[8] The projects is also listed at 1240 MW (2 x 620 MW).[9] In Dec. 2010, with all necessary permits in hand, AES hired Korea's Dooson Heavy Industries, a subsidiary of the Doosan Group, to build the plant, with completion scheduled for 2015.[9]
AES began construction in Sept. 2011, after gaining $1.5 billion in financing from 14 banks & credit agencies for the $2 billion project.[10][11] The plant will revert to Vietnamese government ownership after 25 years.[12] Unit 1 was completed in March 2015,[13] and Unit 2 was completed in May 2015.[14]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Electricity of Vietnam (Mông Dương-1); AES-VCM Mong Duong Power Company (Mông Dương-2)
- Parent company: Electricity of Vietnam (Mông Dương-1); AES, POSCO, and China Power Investment Corporation (Mông Dương-2)
- Location: Mông Dương ward, Cẩm Phả city, Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam
- Coordinates: 21.07324, 107.34847 (exact)
- Status: Operating (Mông Dương-2); Operating (Mông Dương-1)[11]
- Gross Capacity:
- Mông Dương-1 - 1,080 MW (2 x 540 MW)
- Mông Dương-2; 1,240 MW (2 x 620 MW)
- Note: Revised Power Development Plan VII lists Phase I at 2 x 500 MW and Phase II at 2 x 600 MW[15]
- Type: Circulating fluidized bed (Mông Dương-1)[13]
- In service: Mar. 2015 (Mông Dương-1 Unit 1); May 2015 (Mông Dương-1 Unit 2); Mar. 2015 (Mông Dương-2 Unit 1); Q3/4 2015 (Mông Dương-2 Unit 2)
- Coal Type: Anthracite
- Coal Source: Vinacomin (Mông Dương-2)
- Source of financing: Export-Import Bank of Korea 40%, Asian Development Bank 60% (Mông Dương-1)[14]; 14 banks & credit agencies (Mông Dương-2)
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Project In Vietnam, Devex website, accessed Jan. 2014.
- ↑ ADB Electric Power Investment in Vietnam, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vietnam, Sept. 21, 2007.
- ↑ Nhiệt điện Mông Dương 1, Power Engineering Consulting JSC I website, accessed Jan. 2014.
- ↑ Mong Duong 1 Thermal-Power Plant: 1B Steam Drum Successfully Installed, Quanh Ninh provincial website, Aug. 30, 2013.
- ↑ Mong Duong Thermal Power Plant 1 to soon connect to grid, Vietnam Economic Times, 10 Jan. 2015.
- ↑ Tổ máy số 2 Dự án Nhiệt điện Mông Dương lần đầu hòa lưới điện Quốc gia thành công, EVN press release, 29 May 2015.
- ↑ Jung Min-hee, "Vietnamese Thermal Power Plant - Hyundai E&C Completes Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant Construction in Vietnam," Business Korea, 19 January 2016
- ↑ Vietnam to Approve AES Coal-Fired Power Plant, Reuters, Dec. 28, 2008.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Doosan Heavy to Build 1240 MW Coal Power Plant in Vietnam, Power Engineering, Dec. 14, 2010.
- ↑ AES Starts Building Mong Duong II Power Plant After Securing US$1.5 billion Financing, EnergyAsia, Sept. 2, 2011.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Tổ máy số 1, Nhà máy Nhiệt điện Mông Dương II tiến hành đốt dầu lần đầu vào ngày 27 và 28-2, Bao Quang Ninh, Feb. 15, 2014.
- ↑ BOT Power Plant to Start Operation Next Year, Vietnam Breaking News, Oct. 17, 2013.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Mong Duong coal-fired power plant enters operation, Vinacomin press release, 12 Mar. 2015.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 AES Achieves Commercial Operation of 1,240 MW Mong Duong 2 Plant in Vietnam, AES Corp press release, 11 May 2015.
- ↑ DANH MỤC CÁC DỰ ÁN NGUỒN ĐIỆN VÀO VẬN HÀNH GIAI ĐOẠN 2016 - 2030, Ban hành kèm theo Quyết định số 428/QĐ-TTg ngày 18 tháng 3 năm 2016 của Thủ tướng Chính phủ (LIST OF POWER PROJECT IN OPERATION PERIOD 2016 - 2030, Issued together with Decision No. 428 / QD - TTg of March 18, 2016 by the Prime Minister)
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External resources
- "Coal-Fired Plants Financed by International Public Investment Institutions Since 1994", Appendix to Foreclosing the Future: Coal, Climate and International Public Finance: Investment in coal-fired power plants hinders the fight against global warming, Environmental Defense, April 2009.
- Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant Project: Income and Livelihood Restoration Program Report, Asian Development Bank, Feb. 2014.
