Fujian Shaowu power station

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Fujian Shaowu power station (华电福建邵武发电厂) is an operating power station of at least 1320-megawatts (MW) in Yao Village Shuibei Town, Shaowu, Nanping, Fujian, China with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Fujian Shaowu power station Yao Village Shuibei Town, Shaowu, Nanping, Fujian, China 27.3866923, 117.4607848 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Phase II Unit 1, Phase II Unit 2, Phase III Unit 3, Phase III Unit 4: 27.3866923, 117.4607848

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Phase II Unit 1 retired coal: anthracite 125 subcritical 1998 2015
Phase II Unit 2 retired coal: anthracite 125 subcritical 1998 2015
Phase III Unit 3 operating coal: unknown 660 ultra-supercritical 2018
Phase III Unit 4 operating coal: unknown 660 ultra-supercritical 2019

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Phase II Unit 1 Fujian Huadian Shaowu Power Generation Co Ltd [100%] China Huadian Group Corp [100.0%]
Phase II Unit 2 Fujian Huadian Shaowu Power Generation Co Ltd [100%] China Huadian Group Corp [100.0%]
Phase III Unit 3 Fujian Huadian Shaowu Energy Co Ltd [100%] China Huadian Group Corp [60.8%]; Ningbo Meishan Free Trade Port Chuangze Equity Investment Partnership LP [39.2%]
Phase III Unit 4 Fujian Huadian Shaowu Energy Co Ltd [100%] China Huadian Group Corp [60.8%]; Ningbo Meishan Free Trade Port Chuangze Equity Investment Partnership LP [39.2%]

Background

Shaowu power station was a two-unit coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 250 MW. The plant was completed in 1998 and retired in 2015. It was owned by Fujian Huadian Power Company Limited of China Huadian.[1]

Background on expansion project

A new 1,320 MW power station has been proposed by China Huadian's Fujian Huadian Power at the site.[2] The feasibility report was submitted in 2013.[3]

Construction began in October 2015.[4]

2017: Plant postponed by government

In July 2017 China's NEA released the "Guideline of Supply-Side Reform of the Coal Power Bubble". The Guideline included a draft list which slowed down or halted 185 coal-burning units across 21 provinces, totaling 107 GW. 114 coal units (65 GW) are ordered to slow down the construction progress during 2017 to 2020, and are not allowed to connect to the grid in 2017. In addition, 71 coal units (42 GW) were halted indefinitely for regulation violations. The list partly overlapped with the projects listed in the January NEA letter to 13 provinces.[5]

Shaowu power station Units 3-4 are among the postponed coal-burning units,[5] and also appeared on an updated list of postponements released in September 2017.[6]

For more information, see China's 2016/2017 Restrictions on Development of Coal-Fired Power Capacity.

2018: Construction ongoing

Satellite imagery from Planet shows construction was ongoing at the power station from October 2017 through March 2018. An April 2018 news report verifies that construction has been ongoing on unit 3, which is planned for commissioning by the end of May 2018.[7]

Unit 3 was connected to the grid on September 28, 2018,[8] and commissioned in October 2018.[9]

Unit 4 was commissioned in May 2019.[10]

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Additional data

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