Municipal District Energy Infrastructure Development Project. Jiamusi Zhongheng Thermoelectric Ltd. Wang Zhi, Assistant Production Manager. The power plant was put into operation in 1999, when it had only two steam turbines with an annual generating capacity 300 million degrees and could provide 1.75 million GJ annually for Dalkia with an annual coal consumption of 350,000 tons. (Photo: Asian Development Bank, reproduced under a Creative Commons license)
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