Sual KEPCO Power Station

{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Philippinescoal}}Sual KEPCO Power Station is a proposed 1,000-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Sual, Panganisan, Luzon Province, Philippines.

Location

The map below shows the location of Barangay Baquioen in Sual Municipality, the approximate location where the plant is proposed, in Pangasinan Province. The 1,218-MW Sual power station is visible to the north.

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Background on plant

In May 2018 KEPCO announced that it was in talks with a "local partner" and was investing US$2 billion to develop a 1,000-MW coal-fired plant in Sual but did not name the partner. In June 2018, in what appears to be a reference to the same project, SK Engineering & Construction (SKE&C), a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, announced that it had signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Government of the Philippines to build two 600 MW coal-fired power plants on Luzon island at an estimated cost of KRW2.2 trillion (US$1.98 billion).

In January 2019 KEPCO signed a memorandum of understanding with Trans-Asia to acquire the site of Trans-Asia's proposed 3 x 300 MW Baquioen power station and use it for KEPCO's 1 x 1,000 MW Sual KEPCO power station. In August 2019 the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) listed the plant as a 2 x 500 MW project with a commissioning date of 2024.

Project details

• Sponsor: KEPCO Philippines
• Parent company: KEPCO
• Location: Luzon, Philippines
• Coordinates: 16.091, 120.096 (approximate)
• Status: Pre-permit development
• Gross Capacity: 2 x 500 MW
• Type: Ultra-super
• Projected in service: 2024
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• Source of financing: SK Group (Korea)

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