Cong Thanh power station

Cong Thanh power station is a 600-megawatt (MW) coal plant under construction in Thanh Hóa province, Vietnam.

Location
The map below shows the approximate location of the Nghi Son Economic Zone, the location where the plant will be built in Tĩnh Gia district, Thanh Hóa province.

Background
In March 2011, construction on the 600-MW, $620 million Cong Thanh power station broke ground in the Nghi Son Economic Zone, in the northern-central province of Thanh Hoa. In July 2012, General Electric announced that it would be supplying one of the new plant's turbines.

Also within the Nghi Son Economic Zone is the nearby Nghi Son power station, which is also currently under development; slightly further south, across the provincial border in Nghệ An province, is the Quynh Lap power station project site.

Project Details

 * Sponsor: Cong Thanh Thermal Power Joint Stock Company
 * Parent company: Cong Thanh Group
 * Location: Nghi Son Economic Zone, Tĩnh Gia district, Thanh Hóa province, Vietnam
 * Coordinates: 19.33052, 105.77765 (approximate)
 * Status: Under construction
 * Gross Capacity: 600 MW
 * Type:
 * Projected in service: 2014
 * Coal Type: Bituminous
 * Coal Source: Hon Gai and Cam Pha mines, Quang Ninh province, Vietnam
 * Source of financing: 80% commercial loans through Commercial Bank of Vietnam & Bank for Foreign Trade; 20% self-funded

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Vietnam and coal

External resources
Cong Thanh Group website