Duyen Hai Power Generation Complex

Duyên Hải Power Generation Complex is a 4,400 megawatt (MW) coal-fired complex that is under development in rural Trà Vinh province, Vietnam.

Location
The project is located in the Duyên Hải Power Generation Complex, in the Duyên Hải district of Trà Vinh province. The map below shows the location as identified in Wikimapia.

Background
The planned power plant complex would be made up of three separate coal-fired power plants: Duyên Hải 1, 2, and 3.

The 1,245-MW Duyên Hải 1 is a project of Vietnam Electricity Group (the successor company of the state-owned power monopoly) and the Chinese Dongfeng Group, and will cost $1.6 billion. Duyên Hải 1 broke ground in Sept. 2010. The two 622-MW units are both expected to enter service in July 2015.

The 1,200-MW Duyên Hải 2 is a project of the Malaysian company Teknik Janakuasa, a subsidiary of the MMC Corporation Berhad, and will cost $1.5 billion. In April 2011, Janakuasa signed Chinese company Huadian Engineering to take the lead in construction. In 2009, Janakuasa stated that construction would begin in 2010-11, and the plant would be completed in 2014; there has not been any news on the plant since 2011, however, and it is unclear whether or not the plant is being constructed currently.

The 1,245-MW Duyên Hải 3 is a project of a consortium of Chinese companies: Chengda Engineering, Dongfang Electric Corporation, the Southwest Electric Power Design Institute (SWEPDI) (a subsidiary of the China Energy Engineering Group), and Zhejiang Electric Power Construction. The project will cost $1.5 billion, and broke ground in Sept. 2010. The plant is slated to begin operation in early 2015.

In April 2013, construction began on a $280 million coal seaport for the power complex. The seaport is being built by China Communications Construction, and is expected to be completed in late 2015; it will be capable of handling 12 million tons of coal per year for consumption at the complex's three power plants.

News reports have stated that the complex will have a power generating capacity of 4,400 MW; however, the three plants listed total 3,690 MW. It is unclear where the remaining 710 MW would come from.

Project Details

 * Sponsor: Vietnam Electricity Group, Dongfeng Group (Duyên Hải 1); Teknik Janakuasa (Duyên Hải 2); Chengda-DEC-SWEPDI-ZEPC consortium (Duyên Hải 3); China Communications Construction (seaport)
 * Parent company: Vietnam Electricity Group, Dongfeng Group (Duyên Hải 1); MMC Corporation Berhad (Duyên Hải 2); Chengda Engineering, Dongfang Electric Corporation, China Energy Engineering Group, Zhejiang Electric Power Construction (Duyên Hải 3); China Communications Construction (seaport)
 * Location: Dan Thanh commune, Duyên Hải district, Trà Vinh province, Vietnam
 * Coordinates: 9.5873889, 106.53319 (exact)
 * Status: Construction/Development
 * Gross Capacity: 4,400 MW (3,690 MW total for Duyên Hải 1-3)
 * Type: Supercritical/Subcritical
 * Projected in service: July 2015 (Duyên Hải 1); 2014/unknown (Duyên Hải 2); 2015 (Duyên Hải 3); 2015 (seaport)
 * Coal Type: Bituminous
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 * Source of financing:

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