Sual Power Station is a 1,200-MW
coal-fired power station
A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Worldwide there are about 2,500 coal-fired power stations, on average capable of generating a gigawatt each. They generate ...
located near
Lingayen Gulf
Lingayen Gulf is a large gulf on northwestern Luzon in the Philippines, stretching . It is framed by the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union and sits between the Zambales Mountains and the Cordillera Central (Luzon), Cordillera Central. The Agno ...
in
Sual, Pangasinan,
Philippines
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.
Ownership and administration
The coal-fired power station is owned by Team Energy, a company established as a
joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...
between
Marubeni Corporation and
Tokyo Electric Power Corporation. San Miguel Energy Corporation is the independent power producer administrator (IPPA) of the facility since 2009.
Background
Development started when Consolidated Electric Power Asia Ltd, a subsidiary of
Hopewell Holdings, bid and won a $900mn
BOOT tender for a 1,000-MW power station at Sual. Site preparation began in 1995 and construction started in February 1996. It was made operational in 1999 and full power generation was commenced in 2007.
Due to the presence of the coal power plant, Sual port was established close to the power plant in 2012. Sual Port a large
port
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manch ...
for the cargo of
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other Chemical element, elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal i ...
, and among the largest and most important coal discharge ports of The Philippines. It can accommodate ships with a maximum draft of 13.3 metres and a maximum LOA (
Length overall
Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline. This length is important while docking the ship. It is the most commonly used way of expressing the size of a ship, and is also ...
) of 225 metres.
Its
Flue-gas stack has a height of .
See also
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List of power stations in the Philippines
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List of largest power stations in the world
This article lists the largest Electricity generation, power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of installed electrical Nameplate capacity, capacity. Non-renewable resource, Non-renewable power stations are ...
References
Coal-fired power stations in the Philippines
Buildings and structures in Pangasinan
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