Waigaoqiao power station
{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Chinacoal}}Waigaoqiao power station is a 5,160 megawatt coal-fired power station in Shanghai Pudong, Shanghai, China. It is operated by Shenergy Co Ltd.[1][2]
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant in Shanghai Pudong.
Background
The power station is made up of the following units:[1]
- Waigaoqiao-I (4 x 300 MW, subcritical technology) - built 1995-1997
- Waigaoqiao-II (2 x 980 MW, supercritical technology) - built 2004
- Waigaoqiao-III (2 x 1,000 MW, ultra-supercritical technology) - built 2008
In August 2016 New Scientist reported that a Chinese engineer had re-engineered Waigaoqiao-III to burn 276 grams of coal per kilowatt-hour, compared with China’s national average of 315 grams per kilowatt-hour.[3]
Ownership
In July 2015, China Power Investment Corporation (CPI) and State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) merged to become State Power Investment Corporation (国家电力投资集团), one of the five largest state-owned electricity producers in the People's Republic of China.[4]
Project Details
- Sponsor:
- Units 1-4: State Power Investment Corporation (51%), Shenergy Group (49%)
- Units 5-8: Shenergy Group (40%), National Energy Investment Group (40%), State Power Investment Corporation (20%)
- Location: Shanghai Pudong, Shanghai, China
- Coordinates: 31.355833, 121.598333 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Gross Capacity: 5,160 MW
- Units 1-4: 300 MW
- Units 5-6: 980 MW
- Units 7-8: 1,000 MW
- Type:
- Units 1-4: Subcritical
- Units 5-6: Supercritical
- Units 7-8: Ultra-supercritical
- Years built: 1995-2008
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Coal Source: Imported
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Coal-Fired Plants in Shanghai," industcards, accessed July 2015
- ↑ Russell Pittman and Vanessa Yanhua Zhang, "Electricity Restructuring in China: The Elusive Quest for Competition", U.S. Department of Justice, April 2008.
- ↑ "China hopes Shanghai clean coal plant sets example," Power Engineering, August 2016
- ↑ "Chinese nuclear giant officially launched", World Nuclear Association (16 July 2015). Retrieved on 4 May 2015.
Related SourceWatch articles
External resources
- CARMA profile on Waigaoqiao power station
