Suzhou Huiyuan power station

From SourceWatch
Jump to navigation Jump to search

{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Chinacoal}}Suzhou Huiyuan power station (国电宿州热电) is an 700-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Anhui Province, China.

Location

The map below shows the location of the plant, at 457 Huaihai Road in Yongqiao District, Suzhou Prefecture, Anhui Province.

Loading map...

Background on Plant

Suzhou Huiyuan power station was founded in 1958 with the name of Sudong power station. The name changed to Anhui Huiyuan cogen power company in 1999, and changed the name to Guodian Suzhou cogen power company in 2008 after China Guodian became its owner. [1]

Units 1&2 with total capacity of 40MW were retired in 2008. Units 3&4 have a total capacity of 270 MW.

Unit 3 was retired in 2012, when Suzhou-2 power station came online. Unit 4 is still operating.[2][3]

Unit 4 was retired in June 2017.[4][5]

Suzhou-2 power station

Two 350 MW supercritical units were added to the power station in 2012.[6][7]

Ownership

On August 28, 2017, China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) announced that China Guodian Corporation and Shenhua Group will be jointly restructured. Shenhua Group will become China National Energy Investment Group and will absorb China Guodian Corporation. It will be the largest power company in the world by installed capacity, as well as the world's largest coal producer.[8][9] The merger was completed on November 28, 2017.[10]

Plant Details of Suzhou-1

  • Sponsor: Guodian Anhui Power Co, Ltd
  • Parent company: National Energy Investment Group
  • Location: 457 Huaihai Road, Yongqiao District, Suzhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
  • Coordinates: 33.6544353, 116.9830209 (exact)
  • Status: Retired (Unit 1), Retired (Unit 2)
  • Gross capacity: 270 MW (Units 1 & 2: 135 MW)
  • Type: Subcritical
  • In service: 1997-1998
  • Retired: 2012 (Unit 1); 2017 (Unit 2)
  • Coal type:
  • Coal source:
  • Source of financing:

Plant Details of Suzhou-2

  • Sponsor: Guodian Anhui Power Co, Ltd
  • Parent company: National Energy Investment Group
  • Location: 457 Huaihai Road, Yongqiao District, Suzhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
  • Coordinates: 33.6544353, 116.9830209 (exact)
  • Status: Operating
  • Gross capacity: 700 MW (Units 1 & 2: 350 MW)
  • Type: Supercritical
  • In service: 2012
  • Coal type:
  • Coal source:
  • Source of financing:

Articles and resources

References

Related SourceWatch articles

External resources