Buuruljuut power station
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Buuruljuut power station (Бөөрөлжүүтийн цахилгаан станцыг) is an operating power station of at least 50-megawatts (MW) in Bayanjargalan, Tov, Mongolia with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Booroljuut power station, Bagakhangai power station.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Buuruljuut power station | Bayanjargalan, Tov, Mongolia | 47.272341, 107.890865 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Operating | coal: lignite[1] | 150[1] | CFB[2] | 2024 |
| Unit 2 | Construction[1] | coal: lignite[1] | 150[1] | CFB[2] | 2025 (planned)[1] |
| Unit 3 | Pre-permit | coal: lignite | 150[3] | unknown | 2027 (planned) |
| Unit 4 | Pre-permit | coal: lignite | 150[3] | unknown | 2028 (planned) |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Tsetsens Mining & Energy LLC [100%] | Bodi International LLC |
| Unit 2 | Tsetsens Mining & Energy LLC [100%] | Bodi International LLC |
| Unit 3 | Tsetsens Mining & Energy LLC [100%] | Bodi International LLC |
| Unit 4 | Tsetsens Mining & Energy LLC [100%] | Bodi International LLC |
Project-level coal details
- Coal source(s): Buuruljuut mine
Background
On May 31, 2016, the Mongolia Minister of Energy signed an investment and electricity sales and purchase agreement for the Buuruljuut mine and a 2 x 300 MW power station, allowing construction to begin immediately. The project was expected to be built in Bayanjargalan soum by Bodi International Group and Power China Resources. The estimated cost was one billion USD. Unit 1 was planned for 2019 and unit 2 for 2022.[4]
The power station was not mentioned among the planned power projects in the 2016-2020 Economic Recovery Program of Mongolia, which was approved by Parliament in November 2016.[5]
In April 2018, it was reported that Bodi International LLC signed a USD$450 million agreement for the Buuruljuut Thermal Power Plant project with the China State Construction Engineering company as part of the Mongolia-China Business Forum held in Beijing on April 11, 2018.[6]
The bankable feasibility study was completed in 2018.[7]
In December 2018, it was reported that Bodi International LLC signed a US$566 million agreement with Sinosteel for a 2 x 150 MW coal plant at Buuruljuut. China Business United Construction and Development Group planned to invest US$330 million in the coal plant. Plans also included a coal mine. In total, the plant was expected to cost about US$600 million.[8] The other investor was Bodi International LLC.[9]
In December 2019, China Energy Construction North China Institute and Sinosteel Equipment Co., Ltd. signed an engineering survey service contract for the project.[10]
According to an August 2020 government posting, the feasibility study for the project's coal deposit and power plant has been completed.[11]
According to Tsetsens Mining and Energy LLC's website, in January 2021, the company started supplying coal to the Amgalan power station. In addition, the feasibility study considered "Booroljuut coal technology and gasification properties" and was carried out at the Freiberg Academy of Coal Research Institute of Germany and Lurgi laboratories. A "preliminary feasibility study for coal gasification and liquefaction was developed" (Google Translate).[12]
The Buuruljuut plant was included as a "power station to be built" in the Ministry of Energy's Renewable Energy Policy Objectives and Plans from July 2021. In this document, the project was listed as 600 MW.[13]
In March 2022, the project was mentioned among those to be developed by the Energy Ministry.[14] A Mongolian Investment Conference also listed the power station in August 2022.[15]
Construction and operation
According to reports from October 2022, construction work on the power plant had begun in July 2022.[16]
As of April 2023, construction was reportedly underway.[17][18][19] The project is implemented as part of the public-private partnership and China's Sinosteel Equipment and Engineering Company was working as the general contractor for the construction of the plant.[17]
As of December 2023, the first 150 MW unit of the power station was expected to begin operation in the third or fourth quarter of 2024, and the second unit was expected to begin operation in May 2025.[20][21]
March 2024 reporting indicated that construction of the 300 MW project was 50% complete. Unit 1 was now expected to begin operating in October 2024, while Unit 2 was expected to begin operating in October 2025.[22] According to other reporting from March 2024, the executive director of Bodi International stated that the power station would be built in four stages and have a total capacity of 600 MW.[23]
Reporting from July 2024 also listed the power plant’s total capacity as 600 MW.[24]
In October 2024, the first 150 MW unit of the power station began operating.[25]
As of October 2024, Unit 2 was expected to start operating in October 2025, Unit 3 in 2027, and Unit 4 in 2028.[25]
In November 2024, a fire broke out on a coal conveyor belt at the power station, halting electricity supply to the central power system.[26]
Financing
In December 2018, it was reported that Bodi International LLC signed a US$566 million agreement with Sinosteel for a 2 x 150 MW coal plant at Buuruljuut. China Business United Construction and Development Group planned to invest US$330 million in the coal plant. In total, the plant was expected to cost about US$600 million.[8] The other investor was Bodi International LLC.[9]
Based on later media reporting in 2022, the investor is Bodi International LLC (the parent company) and the project is implemented as part of the public-private partnership.[17] It was not clear whether planned financing from China Business United Construction and Development Group went ahead.
In July 2024, it was reported that for the first time in history, the city of Ulaanbaatar issued 500 billion MNT bonds in the domestic capital market, of which 300 billion MNT (ca USD 89 million) will go towards the Buuruljuut power plant and allow to put Unit 1 in operation by October. [27][28][29] The Bond's Prospectus is available in Mongolian.[30] The exact on-lending mechanism from the city of Ulaanbaatar to the project is not known.
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240523233418/https://montsame.mn/en/read/339139. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240523233515/https://bodigroup.mn/%25D0%25B1%25D3%25A9%25D3%25A9%25D1%2580%25D3%25A9%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B6%25D2%25AF%25D2%25AF%25D1%2582%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9%25D0%25BD-%25D1%2586%25D0%25B0%25D1%2585%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD-%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D1%2586-%25D1%2582%25D3%25A9%25D1%2581%25D3%25A9%25D0%25BB-eng/. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://ikon.mn/n/33jh.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Khaliun Chimeddorj, "Buuruljuut mine and power plant investment agreement signed," UB Post, June 3, 2016
- ↑ "The Economic Recovery Program of Mongolia 2016-2020," December 16, 2016
- ↑ "Mongolian and Chinese businesses sign 36 deals," Montsame, April 12, 2018
- ↑ "Bankable Feasibility Study on First Stage 300 MW Power Plant at Buuruljuut," Tsetsens Mining & Energy LLC, 2018
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "集团快讯】中商联合建设开发集团与蒙古国宝迪集团签约合作," CBU Group, December 25, 2018
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Strategic Infrastructure Planning for Sustainable Development in Mongolia," OECD, September 18, 2019
- ↑ "中国能建华北院签订蒙古国布罗巨特2×150兆瓦煤电项目工程勘察服务合同," 北极星电力网新闻中心, December 25, 2019
- ↑ "УУХҮ-ИЙН САЙД Г.ЁНДОН БӨӨРӨЛЖҮҮТИЙН УУРХАЙН ҮЙЛ АЖИЛЛАГААТАЙ ТАНИЛЦЛАА," Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry of Mongolia, August 24, 2020
- ↑ ""ЦЭЦЭНС МАЙНИНГ ЭНД ЭНЕРЖИ" ХХК," Bodi International LLC, accessed January 2022
- ↑ "Ministry of Energy Renewable Energy Policy Objectives and Plans to Integration on North-East Asian Power Interconnection," Government of Mongolia, July 8, 2021
- ↑ Energy Ministry to carry through 22 projects, The UB Post, March 23, 2022
- ↑ Investment Conference, Mongolian Days 2022, August 30, 2022
- ↑ "Mongolia : Minister B. Choijilsuren familiarized with the progress of the Booreljuot power plant project," Energy Central, October 14, 2022
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Бөөрөлжүүтийн цахилгаан станцыг 2024 онд ашиглалтад оруулна гэв," ikon.mn, October 13, 2022
- ↑ "“Бодь интернэшнл” ХХК-ийн судалгаа, хөгжүүлэлтийн төв, хэрэгжүүлж буй төсөл хөтөлбөрүүдтэй танилцав," Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, April 7, 2023
- ↑ "Б.Чойжилсүрэн: 2024 оноос эрчим хүчний дутагдлаас гарч эхэлнэ," ikon.mn, April 21, 2023
- ↑ "Б.Чойжилсүрэн: Эрчим хүчний давсан хэрэглээг ганцхан жилийн дотор шийдэж амжихгүй," Polit.mn, October 2, 2023
- ↑ "Ойрын жилүүдэд ашиглалтад орох болон гацаад буй цахилгаан станцын төслүүд," Ikon, December 14, 2023
- ↑ "Buuruljuut Coal Mine-Based 300 MW Power Plant Reaches 50 Percent Completion," Montsame, March 7, 2024
- ↑ “Улаанбаатар хот 2030 онд 1,848 МВт цахилгаан эрчим хүчний дутагдалд орно,” Ikon, March 14, 2024
- ↑ “Бөөрөлжүүтийн цахилгаан станцын I блокийг 10 дугаар сард ашиглалтад оруулах боломжтой болов,” Montsame, July 8, 2024
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 “The First Block of Buuruljuut Power Plant Now Operational,” Montsame, October 7, 2024
- ↑ “Бөөрөлжүүтийн цахилгаан станцад гэмтэл гарч, эрчим хүч нийлүүлэх хугацаа хойшилжээ,” Ergelt.mn, November 18, 2024
- ↑ "The first block I of Booriljuot power plant can be put into operation in October". news.mn. July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "News Mongolia | 19.07.2024". MNB World. July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Ulaanbaatar City Bond". ubbond.bdsec.mn.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Уланбаатаар Бонд - Prospectus" (PDF). mse.mn. August 2023.
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