Reuters reported that Inter RAO head Boris Kovalchuk told reporters the company would examine the cost and timetable required to construct the 8GW plant, which would use coal from the Erkovetskaya deposit in the Amur region in Russia’s Far East.
The Taichung facility in Taiwan is currently claimed to be the largest coal-fired plant with around 5.5 GW of capacity.
Inter RAO’s move follows the recent $400bn deal to sell Russian natural gas to China for the next 30 years.
Inter RAO is planning to secure a loan from China to construct the plant, which is expect to cost about $12bn.
Kovalchuk was quoted by Reuters as saying that "If our Chinese partners could make enough of the cheap money they have available, this would of course improve the economics of the project."
