Van Phong power station

Vân Phong power station is a proposed 2,640-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Khánh Hòa province, Vietnam.

Location
The map below shows the location where the plant would be built in Ninh Phước commune, Ninh Hòa township, Khánh Hòa province.

Background
In January 2011, the Van Phong Economic Zone Management Authority approved a plan by the Sumitomo Corporation to build the two-unit, $2 billion, 1,320-MW, coal-fired Vân Phong-1, as part of a port-industrial complex being planned in Vân Phong Bay. In November 2012, with only site clearing completed, the Vietnamese government urged Sumitomo to line up investors by June 2013 or risk having the project ceded to other investors. In August 2013, Sumitomo contracted Finnish company Pöyry to build the plant. As of November 2013, however, Sumitomo was still having trouble with negotiations with the Vietnamese government; the current plan is for construction to begin in April 2015, and for the plant to go online in 2019.

The plans for Vân Phong-2 are apparently still hypothetical.

Project Details

 * Sponsor: Sumitomo Corporation (Vân Phong-1)
 * Parent company:
 * Location: Ninh Phước commune, Ninh Hòa township, Khánh Hòa province, Vietnam
 * Coordinates: 12.47704, 109.29244 (exact)
 * Status: Development
 * Gross Capacity: 2,640 MW (1,320 MW (Vân Phong-1), 1,320 MW (Vân Phong-2))
 * Type: Supercritical
 * Projected in service: 2019 (Vân Phong-1)
 * Coal Type: Bituminous
 * Coal Source:
 * Source of financing: Japan Bank for International Cooperation and other banks

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