Recently,?good?news?came?from?the?Shandong?Regulatory?Office?of?the?National?Energy?Administration?that?Unit?1?of?Huadian?Power?International?Zouxian?Power?Plant?had?received?the?approval?for?extended?service?and?continued?operation,?adding?another?heavyweight?"weight"?for?the?plant?to?improve?quality?and?efficiency.

Unit?1?of?Zouxian?Power?Plant?is?the?first?300000?kilowatt?unit?in?Shandong?Province,?which?was?included?in?the?national?key?construction?projects?from?the?7th?to?8th?Five?Year?Plans.?It?was?put?into?operation?on?December?12,?1985,?with?a?design?life?of?30?years.?In?the?era?of?"power?shortage"?in?the?early?stages?of?reform?and?opening?up,?Unit?1?made?outstanding?contributions?to?the?economic?construction?of?Shandong?Province?with?large?capacity?and?high?parameters.

With?the?progress?and?development?of?technology,?the?factory?has?successively?carried?out?major?upgrades?such?as?capacity?expansion,?heating?renovation,?and?overall?optimization?of?Unit?1.?It?has?completed?desulfurization,?denitrification,?dust?removal,?and?ultra-low?emission?environmental?protection?renovation,?further?improving?the?safety,?economy,?and?environmental?protection?of?the?unit,?and?giving?the?old?unit?a?new?vitality.

According?to?industry?regulatory?requirements?and?considering?the?safety?of?unit?operation,?in?May?2018,?Zouxian?Power?Plant?invited?professional?institutions?to?conduct?a?comprehensive?life?assessment?of?the?unit,?confirming?that?all?conditions?met?the?requirements?for?continued?service.?On?this?basis,?the?factory?increased?communication?with?the?Shandong?Regulatory?Office?of?the?National?Energy?Administration?and?carefully?submitted?the?application?materials?for?"extending?lifespan",?obtaining?relevant?approvals?in?the?shortest?possible?time.?According?to?industry?approval,?Unit?1?has?an?extended?lifespan?of?11?years?and?can?continue?to?serve?until?December?12,?2026,?which?is?higher?than?the?usual?approved?lifespan.

The?continued?operation?of?Unit?1?has?profound?significance?for?optimizing?the?asset?structure?of?Zouxian?Power?Plant,?maintaining?the?scale?advantage?of?the?enterprise,?continuously?improving?the?comprehensive?competitiveness?of?the?power?and?heating?markets,?and?achieving?high-quality?development?of?the?enterprise.

(Hou Qingping and Ma Guihong)

Source:?China?Electric?Power?News