Thai Binh Power Center

Thái Bình Power Center is an 1,800 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station complex currently under construction in Thái Bình province, Vietnam.

Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the location where the plant is being built, which is in Mỹ Lộc commune, Thái Thụy district, Thái Bình province.

Background
In May 2009, PetroVietnam and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) began preparation work for the Thái Bình power center, an 1,800-MW coal-fired power plant in Thái Bình province. Electricity of Vietnam is building the two-unit, 600-MW Thái Bình-1, while PetroVietnam is building the two-unit, 1,200-MW Thái Bình-2.

PetroVietnam broke ground on Thái Bình-2 in March 2011. In May 2012, PetroVietnam signed a contract with a consortium consisting of Japan's Sojitz Corporation and Korea's Daelim Group for the construction of Thái Bình-2.

In December 2013, Electricity of Vietnam and Japan's Marubeni Corporation signed a construction contract for Thái Bình-1, which is expected to break ground in early 2014.

In July 2013 -- after protests by U.S. environmental groups including Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Pacific Environment, and the Center for Biological Diversity -- the U.S. stated that the U.S. Export-Import Bank would not be extending financing to the Thái Bình power center as previously planned.

Project Details

 * Sponsor: Electricity of Vietnam (Thái Bình-1); PetroVietnam (Thái Bình-2)
 * Parent company:
 * Location: Mỹ Lộc commune, Thái Thụy district, Thái Bình province, Vietnam
 * Coordinates: 20.46958, 106.54848 (exact)
 * Status: Under construction/development
 * Gross Capacity: 1,800 MW (600 MW (Thái Bình-1); 1,200 MW (Thái Bình-2))
 * Type: Subcritical(Thái Bình-1); Supercritical (Thái Bình-2)
 * Projected in service: 2017-18 (Thái Bình-1); 2015 (Thái Bình-2)
 * Coal Type:
 * Coal Source:
 * Source of financing: Japan Bank for International Cooperation (Thái Bình-1) ; Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Export-Import Bank of Korea, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Citibank, Mizuho Financial Group (Thái Bình-2)

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