Hai Phong Thermal Power Station

Hải Phòng Thermal Power Station is a 1,200-megawatt (MW) coal plant under construction in Hải Phòng province, Vietnam.

Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the location where the plant is being built, in Tam Hưng commune, Thủy Nguyên district, Hải Phòng province.

Background
In 2002, Electricity of Vietnam set up Hai Phong Thermal Power Joint Stock Company (of which it is the majority owner) to construct the Hải Phòng plant.

In July 2005, Japan's Marubeni Corporation and China's Dongfang Electric Corporation were awarded the construction contract for Hải Phòng 1, a two-unit, 600-MW coal power plant in Hải Phòng province, near the city of Hải Phòng. In Nov. 2006, Hai Phong Thermal Power JSC signed a contract with the same two companies to construction a second two-unit, 600-MW coal power plant, Hải Phòng 2, at the same location.

In late 2011, Hải Phòng 1 was completed an entered into operation. The first 300-MW unit of Hải Phòng 2 started operating in Aug. 2013, and the second is scheduled to begin operating in 2014. The cost of the entire project is $1.2 billion.

Project Details

 * Sponsor: Hai Phong Thermal Power Joint Stock Company
 * Parent company: Electricity of Vietnam
 * Location: Tam Hưng commune, Thủy Nguyên district, Hải Phòng province, Vietnam
 * Coordinates: 20.94191, 106.76005 (exact)
 * Status: Operating/under construction
 * Gross Capacity: 1,200 MW
 * Type: Subcritical
 * Projected in service: 2014 (Unit 4)
 * Coal Type: Anthracite
 * Coal Source: Quang Ninh mine, Vietnam
 * Source of financing:

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External resources

 * "Coal-Fired Plants Financed by International Public Investment Institutions Since 1994", Appendix to Foreclosing the Future: Coal, Climate and International Public Finance: Investment in coal-fired power plants hinders the fight against global warming, Environmental Defense, April 2009.