Xiaolongtan power station

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Xiaolongtan power station (国电云南电力小龙潭发电厂) is an operating power station of at least 600-megawatts (MW) in Xiaolongtan, Kaiyuan, Honghe, Yunnan, China with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as 开远小龙潭发电厂四期扩建工程项目, 国电云南电力小龙潭分公司 (Unit 1 - 6).

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Xiaolongtan power station	Xiaolongtan, Kaiyuan, Honghe, Yunnan, China	23.8381365, 103.1957854 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Phase III Unit 7, Phase III Unit 8, Phase IV Unit 9, Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6: 23.8381365, 103.1957854

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Phase III Unit 7	operating	coal: lignite	300	subcritical	2006	–
Phase III Unit 8	operating	coal: lignite	300	subcritical	2008	–
Phase IV Unit 9	permitted	coal: lignite	700	ultra-supercritical	–	–
Unit 1	retired	coal: lignite	100	subcritical	1985	2008
Unit 2	retired	coal: lignite	100	subcritical	1992	2008
Unit 3	retired	coal: lignite	100	subcritical	1992	2008
Unit 4	retired	coal: lignite	100	subcritical	1992	2008
Unit 5	retired	coal: lignite	100	subcritical	1992	2008
Unit 6	retired	coal: lignite	100	subcritical	1992	2008

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Phase III Unit 7	Guoneng Kaiyuan Power Generation Co Ltd [100%]	China Energy Investment Corp [55.0%]; Yunnan Investment Holding Group Co Ltd [28.6%]; Power Construction Corporation of China Ltd [5.1%]; China National Tobacco Corp [4.1%]; Yuntianhua Group Co Ltd [3.9%]; Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Co Ltd [0.3%]; Yunnan State-owned Enterprise Reform No. 1 Equity Investment Fund Partnership LP [0.0%]; other [0.0%]
Phase III Unit 8	Guoneng Kaiyuan Power Generation Co Ltd [100%]	China Energy Investment Corp [55.0%]; Yunnan Investment Holding Group Co Ltd [28.6%]; Power Construction Corporation of China Ltd [5.1%]; China National Tobacco Corp [4.1%]; Yuntianhua Group Co Ltd [3.9%]; Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Co Ltd [0.3%]; Yunnan State-owned Enterprise Reform No. 1 Equity Investment Fund Partnership LP [0.0%]; other [0.0%]
Phase IV Unit 9	Guoneng Kaiyuan Power Generation Co Ltd [100%]	China Energy Investment Corp [55.0%]; Yunnan Investment Holding Group Co Ltd [28.6%]; Power Construction Corporation of China Ltd [5.1%]; China National Tobacco Corp [4.1%]; Yuntianhua Group Co Ltd [3.9%]; Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Co Ltd [0.3%]; Yunnan State-owned Enterprise Reform No. 1 Equity Investment Fund Partnership LP [0.0%]; other [0.0%]
Unit 1	Xiaolongtan Branch of National Energy Group Yunnan Electric Power Co Ltd [100%]	China Energy Investment Corp [100.0%]
Unit 2	Xiaolongtan Branch of National Energy Group Yunnan Electric Power Co Ltd [100%]	China Energy Investment Corp [100.0%]
Unit 3	Xiaolongtan Branch of National Energy Group Yunnan Electric Power Co Ltd [100%]	China Energy Investment Corp [100.0%]
Unit 4	Xiaolongtan Branch of National Energy Group Yunnan Electric Power Co Ltd [100%]	China Energy Investment Corp [100.0%]
Unit 5	Xiaolongtan Branch of National Energy Group Yunnan Electric Power Co Ltd [100%]	China Energy Investment Corp [100.0%]
Unit 6	Xiaolongtan Branch of National Energy Group Yunnan Electric Power Co Ltd [100%]	China Energy Investment Corp [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

• Permit(s): 云发改能源〔2023〕1047号

Background

Xiaolongtan power station is a two-unit coal-fired power station totaling 600 MW and commissioned in 2006 to 2008. The plant is majority-owned by China Guodian (now National Energy Investment Group). Six 100 MW units were commissioned in 1985-1992 and retired in 2008, after the two new units came online.

Proposed expansion

Two additional coal-fired units at the power station, units 9-10 of 600 MW each, were proposed. In September 2016, the units were among 15 projects cancelled by China's National Energy Administration (NEA).

In 2021, two 350 units were proposed in the 14th Five-Year Plan of Yunnan Province. In October 2023, one 700 MW unit was approved instead of two 350 MW units.

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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