Natural gas plant under construction in Shanghai

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Natural gas plant under construction in Shanghai

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The city's first natural-gas-fueled power plant will start operation by the end of next year as Shanghai tries to ease chronic power shortages and use more clean fuel, Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Cogeneration Co announced yesterday.

The power plant, under construction at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Caojing, has a designed generating capacity of 600,000 kilowatts.

Two generators at the plant will be capable of producing 300,000 kilowatts of power each. The first generator will be ready by the end of next year, while the other one is scheduled to go into operation by June 2006.

The city's largest power generator, Shanghai Electric Power Co, Ltd will own the largest share of the 3.2 billion yuan (US$385.5 million) plant.

"The generators will help ease the power shortage in an environment-friendly way. Almost no sulfur will be discharged into the air," said Ji Yiping, Cogeneration's general manager.

"The generators will also be more efficient in energy consumption, as the energy will also be used to produce steam."

The city faces a power shortage of up to 4 million kilowatts this summer. The shortage is expected to be relieved next year as the city increases generating capacity.

Coal-fired generators have long been the biggest producers of sulfur in the city and nationwide, and are blamed for causing considerable pollution.

To improve its air quality, the city banned the construction of coal-fired generators in July 2001.

Local officials hope that natural gas will account for one-third of the city's power use in the future. Three generators propelled by natural gas at the Shidongkou power plant in Baoshan District are scheduled to begin operations before 2007.

Source: Xinhua

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