October 07, 2008

Datang Corp and EDF set up power plant JV in Henan

XFN-Asia reported that Datang Corp, a major power producer, has set up a power joint venture with Electricite de France in central China's Henan province. The joint venture will build a coal fired power plant with capacity of 1.2 million kilowatts in Sanmenxia city.

The report added that Datang will hold 60% of the joint venture with EDF taking 35% while a local construction and investment fund will hold the remainder.

The company did not provide further details.

Datang Corp is the parent of Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd.