First 1-GW Unit of major China coal-fired plant comes online A Chinese power company said the first of four 1,000-MW units at a new coal-fired power plant in a northwestern region of Inner Mongolia has entered operation. The Guodian Power Shanghaimiao Corp., part of the state-owned China Energy Investment Corp., on Dec. 28 said Unit 1 of the Shanghaimiao plant is online after a 168-hour testing period. The facility is the largest coal-fired power plant currently being built in China. Shanghaimiao, located in Ordos and sited in an area with significant coal reserves, will eventually send power to Shandong province…