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The Coloane A Power Station (CCA; ) is a low-speed diesel-fired
power station A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many ...
in
Coloane Coloane (Cantonese: Lou Wan) is a former island in Macau that is united with the island of Taipa by an area of reclaimed land known as Cotai. It is located at the southern part of Macau. Administratively, the boundaries of the traditional civil pa ...
,
Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...
,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. With an installed capacity of 271.4 MW, it is the largest power station in Macau.


History

The power station was commissioned on 28 November 1978.


Road access

To ease the access leading to the power station, the
Government of Macau The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (; Portuguese: Governo da R.A.E. de Macau; conventional short name Macau Government, 澳門政府, Governo de Macau), are headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to ...
approved the new construction of access road in 2009. The road was completed a year later and was inaugurated on 16 September 2010. The new gate is expected to make things more convenient for staffs, suppliers and visitors. The road was constructed for the lay down area for the underground high voltage cable and vehicular access at the initial stage after
Coloane B Power Station The Coloane B Power Station (CCB; ) is a combined cycle gas-fired power station in Coloane, Macau, China. It is the latest power station in Macau. History Inauguration The power station was formally inaugurated on 8 April 2003 in a ceremony at ...
was completed.


2015 blast

On 26 April 2015 at 10:30 a.m., there was a blast at the power station on its G08 generation unit, causing injury to one of its personnel who was carrying out periodic
maintenance Maintenance may refer to: Biological science * Maintenance of an organism * Maintenance respiration Non-technical maintenance * Alimony, also called ''maintenance'' in British English * Champerty and maintenance, two related legal doctrine ...
.


Generation

The power station installed capacity makes up 58% of Macau's total installed capacity. In 2012, it generated 98% of total electricity production in Macau.


See also

* CEM (Macau) *
Electricity sector in Macau The electricity sector in Macau ranges from generation, transmission, distribution and sales of electricity in Macau, China. Regulator Electricity sector in Macau is regulated by its electric power utility company Companhia de Electrici ...
*
List of power stations in Macau The following is a list of all of the active and decommissioned power stations in Macau, China. Active power stations Decommissioned power stations See also * Electricity sector in Macau * CEM (Macau) * List of power stations Reference ...


References

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