Hai Duong Thermal Power Plant

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Hai Duong Thermal Power Plant is an operating power station of at least 1200-megawatts (MW) in Phuc Thanh, Quang Trung, Kinh Mon, Hai Duong, Vietnam. It is also known as Hai Duong BOT plant.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Hai Duong Thermal Power Plant	Phuc Thanh, Quang Trung, Kinh Mon, Hai Duong, Vietnam	21.0335, 106.41218 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 2: 21.0335, 106.41218

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year
Unit 1	operating	coal: anthracite	600	unknown	2020
Unit 2	operating	coal: anthracite	600	unknown	2021

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Unit 1	JAKS Resources Bhd; China Power Engineering Consulting Group Co Ltd	China Power Engineering Consulting Group Co Ltd; JAKS Resources Bhd
Unit 2	JAKS Resources Bhd; China Power Engineering Consulting Group Co Ltd	China Power Engineering Consulting Group Co Ltd; JAKS Resources Bhd

Background

In Sept. 2011, workers broke ground on a 1,200-MW coal power plant in Hải Dương province. The project's sponsor is Malaysian company JAKS Resources, and the plant would cost $2.25 billion. One 600-MW unit is expected to be completed in late 2016, and the second in 2017. The plant would use coal supplied by Vinacomin.

In late 2012 and early 2013, three investment partners on the project — Island Circle Investment Holding (Malaysia), Meiya Power (China), and Sanjung Merpati (Malaysia) — terminated their partnerships with JAKS. In August 2013, the Vietnamese Minister of Industry & Trade pushed the contractors working on the plant, as well as provincial officials, to both accelerate the pace of work in order to finish according to schedule, and to ensure that planned local social and environmental mitigation projects are in fact built.

In March 2014, JAKS' partnership with Chinese company Wuhan Kaidi Electric Power Engineering lapsed, and Kaidi exited the project; Kaidi had been both the engineering, procurement, & construction (EPC) contractor for the project, as well as putting up 40% of the equity. However, since JAKS had already spent $31 million on the project, the company stated that it would continue to pursue the project, and would try to find investors to replace those that it had lost.

In July 2015, JAKS announced that it had reached agreement with China Power Engineering Consulting Group (CPECC) to build the plant. CPECC would put down $280 million and JAKS would front $125 million; the remainder of the plant's $1.87 billion cost would be financed through debt markets. Pending final approval of this new arrangement by the Vietnamese and Chinese governments, JAKS hopes to begin construction in early 2016 and complete the plant by 2020.

In March 2016, JAKS broke ground on construction. Unit 1 was scheduled to come online by December 2019, and Unit 2 by June 2020.

In August 2016, provincial officials said that the project was moving too slowly, and urged the Ministry of Industry & Trade to investigate further. The project's main sponsor, JAKS, was reportedly having financial difficulties.

In July 2017, a report in Báo Pháp luật Việt Nam (Vietnam Law Newspaper) on the dredging of sand for the development of the inland port section of the project questioned whether the project was the "tip of the iceberg" for illicit removal.

On August 2, 2017, concrete was poured for No. 11 boiler foundation of the plant.

In July 2018, it was reported that construction of the plant was 30% complete.

In June 2019, the completion date for Unit 1 was delayed to 2020 and the completion date for Unit 2 was delayed to 2021 in the Ministry Of Industry And Trade's report on the implementation of the revised seventh Power Development Plan (PDP7). In February 2020 the National Steering Committee on power development reported that construction is 75% complete and that Unit 1 is scheduled to be commissioned in December 2020 and Unit 2 in June 2021. In May 2020 it was reported that foreign workers for the plant were not being permitted to enter Vietnam from China due to Covid-19-related travel restrictions.

It was reported that Unit 1 began commercial operation on November 24, 2020. However, Vietnamese media has reported that the construction of the project’s slag disposal pit is delayed and is not yet complete, posing questions about how the first unit intends to handle its boiler slag and bottom ash. It was estimated that Unit 2 will be operational in June 2021.

Unit 2 began operating in January of 2021, 126 days ahead of schedule. As of June 2021, there have been no updates regarding construction of the slag disposal pit at the Hai Duong power station.

Financing

In October 2015, a financing agreement was closed for the 1200-MW project. US$1,402 million in loans will be provided by ICBC, China Construction Bank, and China Exim Bank. US$510 million in equity is being provided by JAKS Resources and China Power Engineering Consulting Group.

In June 2022, JAKS' Chief Financial Officer stated that the company was looking into increasing their stake in the power plant from 30% to 40%.

Environmental impact

As of February 2020, a permit application for the plant's slag disposal site had not yet been approved.

In April 2023, JAKS was fined 210 million VND and required to return an additional 1.86 billion VND in profits for the illegal use of protected forest land since early 2019.

In September 2023, operators were ordered to stop transporting ash and slag from Hai Duong Thermal Power Plant by road due to environmental pollution concerns. JAKS reportedly had continued to transport the ash while the suspension order from the Province was in place. Once an alternative mode of transportation was established, the transport would be allowed to continue.

In November 2023, the Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Industry and Trade to monitor efforts at Hai Duong Thermal Power Plant related to pollution, ash disposal, and impacts on over 100 nearby households.

In March 2024, the Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee had ongoing concerns about the power station's environmental and public health impacts. 140 households were reportedly situated between the slag runway and slag dump. The Committee had discussed potentially relocating the families in late November 2023.

As of August 2024, discussions of relocation were ongoing.

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