Jaks Hai Duong Power Plant Construction Progress Update
| Dates | Major Events |
| July 21 | The No. 1 unit of the 2 x 600MW Hai Duong Coal-Fired Power Plant Project was officially put on commissioning stage |
| July 21 - 23 | Boilers 1 and 2 of Unit 1 successfully fired up |
| July 25 |
Unit 1 Turbine successfully rolled and stabilised at 3,000 rotation per minute (rpm)
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| August 3 | Unit 2 boliers successfully completed steam blow |
| August 5 | Main unit transformer was successfully charged and the generator completed no-load and short-circuit tests |
| August 7 |
Unit 1 of the power plant successfully synchronised with the national grid
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What more to be done on Unit 1 before COD ?
- 336 hours Trial Run for Reliability and Stress tests, and
- Capacity Performance Tests
When is the expected date of COD ?
- October 2020 - Unit 1
- Jan/Feb 2021 - Unit 2
What is the significance of COD?
Once the power plant unit achieved commercial operation date (COD), it begins to receive capacity and energy payments from Vietnam EVN.
Sidenote
An equivalent power plant in Vietnam, Mong Duong II, distributed a total of USD325 millions (RM1.4 billion) to its shareholders in Q2 2020.
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