Huadian capacity in Jiangsu province exceeds 10,000MW with #1 Yangzhou power plant

At 00:30, March 31, No.1 unit of China Huadian Yangzhou 2×40MW, a F-class gas turbine was commissioned after a 168-hour full load test run, adding Huadian installed capacity in Jiangsu province to 10,270MW.

Built on the same location where 2×220MW coal-fired units were operated, this project is a major part of adjusting energy mix in Jiangsu province. The newly commissioned unit marks a new breakthrough of China Huadian Yangzhou company’s leap from a coal-fired power generator to one more reliant on natural gas. 

China Huadian currently has 16 gas-fired units in operation and 5 in construction, accounting for 50% of Jiangsu province’s total capacity of the same kind. In 2016, Huadian’s gas-fulled fleet in Jiangsu generated 15 billion kwh in total, where 1.2 million tons of coal would be consumed and 3.6 million tons of CO₂ emitted otherwise, leaving no SO₂ and suspended articulate into the atmosphere. 

China Huadian Jiangsu company would put another 3×1375MW into operation by the end of 2017, increasing Huadian’s total nameplate capacity in Jiangsu province to 11,635MW, 60% of which are dependent on clean energies.