Nong Son power station

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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Vietnamcoal}}The Nong Son power station is a 30-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Quảng Nam province, Vietnam.[1]

Location

The map below shows the plant Quảng Nam province province.

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Background

The Nong Son power station was approved in November, 2004. The province was an investor. Construction began in April 2006, and China National Heavy Machinery Corp became an EPC contractor in 2008. for the scheme. Originally the project, budgeted at VND 529 billion, was to have been finished in 2010, but work stopped at the 55 percent completion point in April 2012 due to commercial disputes, and the Chinese workers then left Vietnam. In September 2012, the parties met to resolve the dispute, but no resolution was achieved. Boiler supplier Wuxi Huaguang Boiler Co then took over as EPC contractor and the plant was finished in 2014.[2]

Project Details

  • Sponsor: Vinamomin
  • Parent company: Vinamomin
  • Location: Quế Trung commune, Quế Sơn district, Quảng Nam province, Vietnam
  • Coordinates: 15.716308, 108.0310147 (exact)
  • Status: Operating
  • Gross Capacity: 30 MW
  • Type: Circulating fluidized bed (CFB)
  • In service: 2014
  • Coal Type: Anthracite
  • Coal Source: Mine-mouth
  • Source of financing:

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References

  1. "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.
  2. "Coal-Fired Power Plants in Vietnam," Power Plants Around the World, accessed June 2017

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