Zheneng Wenzhou power station

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{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Chinacoal}}Zheneng Wenzhou power station is a 3,840-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Zhejiang Province, China.

Location

The photo below shows the plant in Leqing City, Wenzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.

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Background on Plant

Units 3-6 of Zheneng Wenzhou power station, totaling 1,200 MW, were brought online between 2000 and 2004. (Two older units of 135 MW each were retired in 2016.) The plant is owned by Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group.[1]

Expansion

Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group proposed the two-unit coal-fired Zheneng Wenzhou-4 power station, with a total planned capacity of 1,320 MW. The new units were completed in 2015.[2][3][4]

Units 7-8 began operating in 2015.[5]

Project Details Units 7 and 8

  • Sponsor: Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power Co.
  • Parent company: Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group
  • Location: Beibaixiang Town, Panshi Community, Leqing City, Wenzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, China
  • Coordinates: 27.9957103, 120.8358582 (exact)
  • Status: Operating
  • Gross capacity: 1,320 MW (Units 7 & 8: 660 MW)
  • Type: Ultra-Supercritical
  • In service: 2015
  • Coal type: Bituminous
  • Coal source:
  • Source of financing:

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