Southwestern China's Guizhou province has recently successfully connected its first ultra-supercritical thermal power unit into the China Southern Power Grid, local media reported.
The Unit 1 of 2× 660,000 KW coal-fired project of Panjiang Xinguang power plant was connected to the grid, according to a statement by Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal Co.,Ltd. on December 1.
The Unit 2 of the project is expected to be connected to the grid by the end of March 2024.
The two ultra-supercritical thermal units designed to consume 269.88g of standard coal for per KWh of electricity output, 20% lower than the average coal consumption of the current installed units in Guizhou.
That would help save 67,000 tonnes of standard coal and reduce 136,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions, if being utilized for 5,000 hours each year.
The power plant, located in Xinguang Village, Panzhou City, was a major project to accelerate the strategic adjustment of coal industry structure in Guizhou. The total investment reached 5.54 billion yuan ($772 million).
(Writing by yan.sun Editing by Harry Huo)
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