Quang Ninh power station

Quảng Ninh power station is a 1,200-megawatt (MW) coal plant under construction in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam.

Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is in Hà Khánh ward, Hạ Long city, Quảng Ninh province.

Background
In 2006, Quang Ninh Thermal Power Joint Stock Company (a partnership that is majority-owned by Electricity of Vietnam) broke ground on the construction of the two-unit, $600 million, 600-MW Quảng Ninh-1 coal-fired power plant near Hạ Long city. The first unit came online in May 2009, and the second in June 2010.

In May 2007, Quang Ninh Thermal Power JSC broke ground on the two-unit, $600 million, 600-MW Quảng Ninh-2. The first unit of Quảng Ninh-2 (Unit 3 of the entire complex) came online in December 2012, and Unit 4 is scheduled to come online in the first quarter of 2014.

Project Details

 * Owner: Quang Ninh Thermal Power Joint Stock Company
 * Parent company: Electricity of Vietnam (80%), Vinacomin (15%), Vinaconex (5%)
 * Location: Hà Khánh ward, Hạ Long city, Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam
 * Coordinates: 21.01182, 107.12883 (exact)
 * Status: Operating (Units 1-3); under construction (Unit 4)
 * Gross Capacity: 1,200 MW
 * Type: Subcritical
 * Projected in service: Unit 4: Q1 2014
 * Coal Type: Anthracite
 * Coal Source:
 * Source of financing: China Import-Export Bank (Quảng Ninh-1)

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