China's Largest Thermal Power Project under Construction Starts Operation

The No. 1 generator unit of the Shanghaimiao branch of GD Power Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Energy Investment Corporation, passed 168-hour trial operation on Dec 27, marking availability for service of the first 1 million-kilowatt thermal power unit of China's largest thermal power project under construction.

Its operation is expected to guarantee power supply for high-quality development of North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

A view of the 4×1,000-megawatt ultra-supercritical indirect air cooling thermal power generation project in Inner Mongolia [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

Located in the Shanghaimiao energy-chemical industry base in Ordos of the Otog Front Banner of Inner Mongolia, the newly-operational generator unit is part of the 4×1,000-megawatt ultra-supercritical indirect air cooling thermal power generation project.

It will support the ±800-kilovolt ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project between Shanghaimiao and Linyi in Shandong Province, transmitting power to Shandong's power grid.

Adhering to security, high efficiency, a green approach, low carbon, flexibility and intelligence, the company made the unit the best in thermal efficiency and environmental protection and gave it the lowest coal and water consumption among plants of its kind in the world.

A view of the construction site of the No. 1 generator unit of China's largest thermal power project under construction in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)