Uong Bi power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Vietnamcoal}}Uông Bí power station is a 735-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is in Uông Bí township, Quảng Ninh province.
Background
The two units Uông Bí-1 coal power plant are 50 MW and 55 MW and were commissioned in 1975 and 1976, according to GreenID.[1]. According to Global Energy Observatory the sizes are 2 x 55 MW and the commissioning date was 1978.[2]
Retirement
The first two units are scheduled for retirement in 2021.
Description of Expansion
Vietnam's 2000-2010 national energy plan called for a two-stage expansion to Uông Bí, with a first 300-MW coal-fired unit to be completed in 2005, and a second 300-MW unit in 2008.[3] According to GreenID, the units were commissioned in 2007 and 2013 respectively.[1]
In 2001, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) began work on the first 300-MW, $305 million unit of Uông Bí-2, signing a construction contract with Vietnam Machinery Installation Corp.[4] The first unit was completed in December 2006, but suffered from a breakdown soon thereafter; after repairs, the unit went back online in May 2009.[2][5]
In May 2008, EVN broke ground on the second unit of Uông Bí-2, upgraded to 330 MW, with Chengda Engineering serving as general contractor; the completion date was projected for June 2011.[6][7] Archival photography on Google Earth shows that Unit 8 was completed in 2014.
Project Details
- Sponsor: Electricity of Vietnam
- Parent company:
- Location: Uông Bí township, Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam
- Coordinates: 21.03906, 106.78555 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Gross Capacity: 735 MW (Units 5: 50 MW; Unit 6: 55 MW; Unit 7: 300 MW; Unit 8: 330 MW)
- Type:
- Projected in service: Unit 7: 2007; Unit 8: 2014
- Coal Type: Anthracite
- Coal Source: Quảng Ninh province
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GreenID, June 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Uong Bi Coal Power Plant Vietnam, Global Energy Observatory website, accessed Jan. 2014.
- ↑ International Business Publications. Doing Business and Investing in Vietnam Guide: Vol. 1: Strategic and Practical Information. Washington: Global Investment Center, 2013 (updated), pp 209-10.
- ↑ EVN Invests $305m to Expand Power Plant, China Promotion Ltd website, Oct. 8, 2001.
- ↑ Uong Bi Thermal Power Plant Goes Online, Sai Gon Giai Phong, May 22, 2009.
- ↑ Project News: Phase II Expansion Project of 1*330 MW Thermal Power Plant, Uong Bi Vietnam, Chengda Engineering website, accessed Jan. 2014.
- ↑ Uong Bi Thermoelectric Plan Expanded, Vietmaz, May 24, 2008.
