Taishan power station

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Taishan power station (神华国华粤电台山电厂) is an operating power station of at least 5030-megawatts (MW) in Tongluowan - Taishan City, Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Guohua Taishan power station, 国能台山电厂.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Taishan power station	Tongluowan - Taishan City, Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China	21.8667, 112.9228 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Phase I Unit 1, Phase I Unit 2, Phase I Unit 3, Phase I Unit 4, Phase I Unit 5, Phase II Unit 6, Phase II Unit 7, Phase III Unit 8, Phase III Unit 9: 21.8667, 112.9228

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year
Phase I Unit 1	operating	coal: bituminous	600	subcritical	2003
Phase I Unit 2	operating	coal: bituminous	630	subcritical	2004
Phase I Unit 3	operating	coal: bituminous	600	subcritical	2006
Phase I Unit 4	operating	coal: bituminous	600	subcritical	2006
Phase I Unit 5	operating	coal: bituminous	600	subcritical	2006
Phase II Unit 6	operating	coal: bituminous	1000	ultra-supercritical	2011
Phase II Unit 7	operating	coal: bituminous	1000	ultra-supercritical	2011
Phase III Unit 8	pre-permit	coal: bituminous	1000	ultra-supercritical	–
Phase III Unit 9	pre-permit	coal: bituminous	1000	ultra-supercritical	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Phase I Unit 1	CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100%]	China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd [80.0%]; Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd [20.0%]
Phase I Unit 2	CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100%]	China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd [80.0%]; Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd [20.0%]
Phase I Unit 3	CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100%]	China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd [80.0%]; Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd [20.0%]
Phase I Unit 4	CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100%]	China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd [80.0%]; Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd [20.0%]
Phase I Unit 5	CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100%]	China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd [80.0%]; Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd [20.0%]
Phase II Unit 6	CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100%]	China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd [80.0%]; Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd [20.0%]
Phase II Unit 7	CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100%]	China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd [80.0%]; Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd [20.0%]
Phase III Unit 8	CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100%]	China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd [80.0%]; Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd [20.0%]
Phase III Unit 9	CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd [100%]	China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd [80.0%]; Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd [20.0%]

Background

The seven existing coal-fired units of Taishan power station, totaling 5,000 MW, were brought online between 2003 and 2011. The complex includes the following:

• Unit 1 - 600 MW - 2003
• Unit 2 - 600 MW - 2004
• Unit 3 - 600 MW - 2006
• Unit 4 - 600 MW - 2006
• Unit 5 - 600 MW - 2006
• Unit 6 - 1000 MW - 2010
• Unit 7 - 1000 MW - 2011

Units 6 and 7 (1,000 MW each, and included in the total above) were completed in 2010-11.

Proposed expansion

Shenhua Guohua Power had planned an additional Units 8 & 9 of 1,000 MW each.

With no known developments on the proposed units between 2011 and 2022, the expansion was presumed cancelled.

In addition, due to new restrictions announced during 2016 by the National Energy Administration and the National Development and Reform Commission, further capacity expansions at this location appeared to be on hold or cancelled. (For details, see China's 2016 Restrictions on Development of Coal-Fired Power Capacity.)

However, in October 2022, a Phase III expansion was put up for public review and appeared revived.

Ownership

On August 28, 2017, China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) announced that China Guodian Corporation and Shenhua Group will be jointly restructured. Shenhua Group will become China National Energy Investment Group and will absorb China Guodian Corporation. It will be the largest power company in the world by installed capacity, as well as the world's largest coal producer. The merger was completed on November 28, 2017.

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