Controversies

Huadian Power International Plants Named and Penalized for Excess Emissions and Desulfurization Failures

In July 2014, environmental authorities reported that multiple state-owned energy enterprises had excessive emissions, and Huadian Power International was named twice within one week; Huadian Group appeared three times on the notification "blacklist" within 15 days, including Baotou Donghua Thermal Power, which had its desulfurization electricity price deducted and was fined a total of 5.8325 million yuan because its desulfurization facilities were not operating in sync. Previously, in 2013, Huadian and several other central state-owned enterprises were penalized for falsifying environmental monitoring data and for abnormal operation of desulfurization facilities. In 2022, Huadian Power International's Shuozhou Thermal Power Branch, because it continued to apply environmental-protection electricity prices despite emissions exceeding limits, had 34,200 yuan in illegal gains confiscated. Progress: administrative penalty. Entities involved: Huadian Power International Co., Ltd., Baotou Donghua Thermal Power Co., Ltd., and Huadian Power International's Shuozhou Thermal Power Branch. Scope: some power plants under Huadian Power International and Huadian Group.