CoalSwarm Global Proposed Coal Plant Tracking Project

The purpose of this page is to assist in organizing the tracking of proposed coal plants worldwide.

General resources

 * Power Plants Around the World Photo Gallery - in addition to photos, contains a good deal of background on existing plants and near-term expansion plans
 * Wikimapia - clicking on the coordinates in seconds/minutes/hours format converts them to digital
 * "Country subdivisions of Asia" - Wikipedia - Great source of coordinates at the sub-provincial level
 * Global Energy Observatory coal plant list - Has details on existing coal plants in most countries. Also has lists of mines and ports.

India

 * Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country, Ministry of Power
 * Environmental Clearance Status Query, Ministry of Environment and Forests
 * Green Clearance Watch, Center for Science and Environment

Completed (first pass)

 * Philippines: pages created by TN, JF, CS, AW; 1/6/13: 28 pages created / none needed
 * South Korea: pages created by TN, CS; 1/6/13: 12 pages created / none needed
 * Japan: pages created by CS; 1/7/13: 5 pages created / none needed
 * Malaysia: pages created by CS; 1/7/13: 2 pages created / 6 pages needed; 1/19/13: 7 pages created / none needed
 * Thailand: 1/7/13: 5 pages needed; 1/23/14: CS completed
 * Taiwan: 1/7/13: 7 pages needed - 1/24/14: CS completed
 * Bihar: 1/23/14: 2 pages needed - CS to do; 1/26/2014: CS completed
 * Karnataka: 1/23/14: 6 pages needed - CS to do; 1/29/2014: CS completed (except Kuditini power station - is it the Kudithini power station and connected to the Bellary Thermal Power Station?)
 * Chhattisgarh: 1/23/14: 6 pages needed - CS to do; 1/30/2014: CS completed (but will now go through all plants and update as needed)

In progress

 * Indonesia: pages created by TN, JF; 1/6/13: 24 pages created / 43 more pages needed; 1/15/13: 54 pages created / 15 pages needed (JF is working on)
 * Vietnam: pages created by TN, AW; 1/6/13: 27 pages created / 17 more pages needed; 1/15/13: 46 pages created / 2 more pages needed (AW is working on)
 * Mongolia: 1/8/13: 4 pages created / 4 pages needed -- BB to do
 * Gujarat: 1/23/14: 9 pages needed - JF to do
 * Russia: 1/23/14 - 28 pages needed - AW will do

Examples of plants with opposition

 * GNDTP Bathinda power station - excellent example
 * Subic power station
 * Jawa Tengah power station (Central Java Power Project) - example of a project that has attracted a large amount of protest. Includes timeline.
 * JR Power Project (shows section layout: background / opposition / Details)
 * Vizag Thermal Power Plant - good example
 * Ankulapatur power station
 * Birra Thermal Power Project
 * Gobindpura_power_station
 * Gidderbaha power station
 * Udupi power station
 * Bara Thermal Power Project
 * Ratnagiri Power Plant

Participants
in order to become part of the project, please add yourself to the list by putting # ~ at the bottom.

1. Tednace (talk) 22:58, 22 December 2013 (EST)

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