Nghi Son power station

Nghi Sơn power station is a 1,800-megawatt (MW) coal plant project under development in Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam.

Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant's site, which is in Hải Hà commune, Tĩnh Gia district, Thanh Hoa province.

Background
The Nghi Son Economic Zone was created in 2005, and its future plans called for a power plant project totaling 1,800 MW.

In June 2010, project sponsor Electricity of Vietnam awarded the construction contract for the 600-MW, $1.2 billion Nghi Sơn-1 coal-fired power plant to Japan's Marubeni Corporation. Construction began in July. The plant's first 300-MW unit went online in June 2013; the second unit is expected to come online in 2014.

In March 2013, the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade awarded the construction contract for the 1,200-MW Nghi Sơn-2 coal-fired power plant to a consortium consisting of Marubeni and the Korean Electric Power Company (KEPCO). The plant is scheduled to come online in 2018; the two companies will then own and operate the plant for 25 years, after which ownership will revert to Electricity of Vietnam.

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

Project Details

 * Sponsor: Electricity of Vietnam (Nghi Sơn-1); Marubeni Corporation & Korean Electric Power Company (Nghi Sơn-2)
 * Parent company:
 * Location: Hải Hà commune, Tĩnh Gia district, Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam
 * Coordinates: 19.31205, 105.80101 (exact)
 * Status: Operating (Nghi Sơn-1 Unit 1); under construction (rest of plant)
 * Gross Capacity: 1,800 MW
 * Type: Subcritical
 * Projected in service: 2014 (Nghi Sơn-1 Unit 2); 2018 (Nghi Sơn-2)
 * Coal Type: Anthracite
 * Coal Source: Hon Gai – Cam Pha coal mine, Quang Ninh province, Vietnam
 * Source of financing: Japan Bank for International Cooperation (Nghi Sơn-1 & 2), Export-Import Bank of Korea (Nghi Sơn-2)

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