Wuwei cogen power station

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Wuwei cogen power station (甘肃电投武威热电) is an operating power station of at least 700-megawatts (MW) in Jinyang Town, Liangzhou District, Wuwei, Gansu, China.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Wuwei cogen power station Jinyang Town, Liangzhou District, Wuwei, Gansu, China 37.901104, 102.685854 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2: 37.901104, 102.685854

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year
Unit 1 operating coal: unknown 350 supercritical 2017
Unit 2 operating coal: unknown 350 supercritical 2017

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Gansu Power Investment Wuwei Thermal Power Co Ltd [100%] Gansu Provincial State-owned Assets Investment Group Co Ltd [51.0%]; natural person(s) [30.0%]; Gansu Investment Mixed Reform Fund LP [19.0%]
Unit 2 Gansu Power Investment Wuwei Thermal Power Co Ltd [100%] Gansu Provincial State-owned Assets Investment Group Co Ltd [51.0%]; natural person(s) [30.0%]; Gansu Investment Mixed Reform Fund LP [19.0%]

Financing

  • Source of financing: 3.18 billion yuan[1]

Background on Project

China Guodian is currently planning to build a two-unit coal-fired power plant with a total planned capacity of 700 MW in Gansu Province. The project was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in 2014.[2][1]

The sponsor of the project shifted to Gansu Power Investment in 2014. It is under construction since December 2014, and is aimed for being commissioned in August 2017.[3][4]

Unit 1 was commissioned in October 2017,[5] and unit 2 in December 2017.[6]

Ownership

In 2014 it was also reported that China Guodian was planning to sell its subsidiary, GD Wuwei Power Company, which would include the transfer of the proposed Wuwei Cogen power station.[7] The subsidiary and power station were sold to Gansu Power Investment Co.[8]

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