25 Feb 2011 12:11

Datang installs two large thermal power generators in Henan Province

Shanghai. February 25. INTERFAX-CHINA - Leading state-owned power producer China Datang Corp. (Datang) announced on Feb. 25 that Henan Province has installed two 1 million-kilowatt (kW) thermal power generators at the Sanmenxia Thermal Power Plant in Sanmenxia City.

According to Datang, the RMB 7.1 billion ($1.08 billion) plant is scheduled to go into operation in 2013.

The company said that the generators are China's largest to date and will be capable of producing two million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per hour while consuming 4.8 million tons of thermal coal each year.

-WV