An Khanh power station

An Khánh power station is a proposed 400-megawatt (MW) coal plant under construction in Thái Nguyên province, Vietnam.

Location
This undated satellite photo below shows the plant site, which is in An Khánh commune, Dai Tu district, Thái Nguyên province. The plant appears to be a mine-to-mouth plant, with coal coming from the nearby Khánh Hòa coal mine.

Background
Two 50-MW units, An Khánh-1 Units 1 and 2, are already under construction, with the plant's developer, An Khánh Thermo-Power Joint Stock Company, having been granted an investment certificate by the Thái Nguyên province’s People’s Committee in Aug. 2009. Ground was broken on the construction project in Jan. 2010. The first unit was initially scheduled to come online in 2011, and the second in 2012, for a total cost of $160 million. The plant was the first in Thái Nguyên province to be initiated by a private enterprise. It appears to be a mine-to-mouth plant.

In July 2010, An Khánh Thermo-Power JSC submitted construction plans for An Khánh-2, an additional 300-MW unit at the same site, at an expected cost of $530 million. Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng approved the second unit in July 2011; the second unit's construction license followed in October. The second unit is scheduled to be completed in 2016.

The company has also signed agreements with two coal mines in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, in order to ensure ongoing supply.

Project Details

 * Sponsor: An Khánh Thermo-Power Joint Stock Company
 * Parent company:
 * Location: An Khánh commune, Dai Tu district, Thái Nguyên province, Vietnam
 * Coordinates: 21.60056, 105.77216 (approximate)
 * Status: Under construction/planning
 * Gross Capacity: 100/300
 * Type: Subcritical
 * Projected in service: 2013/2016
 * Coal Type:
 * Coal Source: East Kalimantan, Indonesia
 * Source of financing: Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, Bank of China

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External resources

 * An Khánh Thermo-Power JSC website