Linfen power station

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Linfen power station (大唐国际临汾热电) is an operating power station of at least 600-megawatts (MW) in Fenhe Residential District, Yaodu, Linfen, Shanxi, China.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Linfen power station Fenhe Residential District, Yaodu, Linfen, Shanxi, China 36.153659, 111.485269 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2: 36.153659, 111.485269

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year
Unit 1 operating coal: bituminous 300 subcritical 2010
Unit 2 operating coal: bituminous 300 subcritical 2011

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Shanxi Datang International Linfen Thermal Power Co Ltd [100%] Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd [80.0%]; Linfen Hexi Thermal Power Co Ltd [20.0%]
Unit 2 Shanxi Datang International Linfen Thermal Power Co Ltd [100%] Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd [80.0%]; Linfen Hexi Thermal Power Co Ltd [20.0%]

Background

Linfen power station is a two-unit waste-coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 600 MW in Shanxi Province. The plant was completed in 2010-11, and is majority-owned by China Datang.[1][2][3]

Formerly known as the "floral city," Linfen has become a symbol of pollution and was named "chamption of contamination" in 2004 by China Business Herald. Following a "Take off the Black Hat" campaign to close local coal mines and stop coal burning at homes, officials claimed an improvement in the level of pollution; however, some local residents disputed claims of improvement.[4]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "大唐国际临汾热电一号机组通过满负荷试运行," China News, 2010-12-19
  2. "山西大唐国际临汾热电有限责任公司简介," China Datang, 2011-1-4
  3. "Coal-Fired Plants in China: Shanxi," Power Plants Around the World, accessed November 2014
  4. Tom Phillips, "Linfen: how China's Chernobyl turned the corner," The Telegraph, 24 Oct 2012

Additional data

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