Huaneng Power International, Inc. Year-on-year Increase in Power Generation for the First Three Quarters of 2009

BEIJING, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Huaneng Power International, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: HNP; HKEx: 902; SSE: 600011) today announces its power generation for the first three quarters of 2009.

According to the Company's preliminary statistics, as of September 30, 2009, the Company's total domestic power generation on a consolidated basis amounted to 144.704 billion kWh, representing an increase of 3.08% over the same period in 2008. The increase in the Company's power generation was mainly due to power generation contributed by the Company's newly acquired generating units and newly operating units.

The power generation of each of the Company's domestic power plants for the first three quarters of 2009 was listed below (in billion kWh):

                            Power generation   Power generation
                               for the first      for the first
    Domestic Power Plant               three              three     Change
                                    quarters           quarters
                                     of 2009            of 2008
    Liaoning Province
     Dalian                            6.152            6.983        -11.90%
     Dandong                           2.929            3.451        -15.13%
     Yingkou                           6.863            8.501        -19.27%
    Hebei Province
     Shang'an                          8.638            5.783         49.37%
    Gansu Province
     Pingliang                         3.567            5.681        -37.21%
    Beijing
     Beijing Co-generation             3.061               --             --
    Tianjin
     Yangliuqing
      Co-generation                    4.202               --             --
    Shanxi Province
     Yushe                             3.317            3.864        -14.16%
    Shandong Province
     Dezhou                           10.966           10.386          5.58%
     Jining                            1.513            1.709        -11.47%
     Xindian                           2.483            3.421        -27.42%
     Weihai                            2.660            3.637        -26.86%
     Rizhao Phase II                   5.174               --             --
    Henan Province
     Qinbei                            8.731            7.749         12.67%
    Jiangsu Province
     Nantong                           5.604            6.621        -15.36%
     Nanjing                           2.541            2.915        -12.83%
     Taicang                           8.340            7.998          4.28%
     Huaiyin                           5.255            5.916        -11.17%
     Jinling Combined-cycle            1.891            1.645         14.95%
    Shanghai
     Shidongkou First                  5.175            5.587         -7.37%
     Shidongkou Second                 4.663            5.676        -17.85%
     Shanghai
      Combined-cycle                   0.674            0.582         15.81%
    Chongqing
     Luohuang                          7.402            8.701        -14.93%
    Zhejiang Province
     Changxing                         1.187            1.252         -5.19%
     Yuhuan                           14.762           14.238          3.68%
    Hunan Province
     Yueyang                           3.245            4.609        -29.59%
    Jiangxi Province
     Jinggangshan                      2.096            2.368        -11.49%
    Fujian Province
     Fuzhou                            5.975            5.852          2.10%
    Guangdong Province
     Shantou Coal-fired                4.615            5.250        -12.10%
     Haimen                            1.023               --             --
    Total                            144.704          140.375          3.08%

For the first three quarters of 2009, the power generation of Tuas Power Limited in Singapore amounted to 24.2% of that of the power market in Singapore, representing a decrease of 0.4 percentage point over the same period of the previous year (i.e. 24.6%).

The transfer agreements according to which the Company agrees to purchase a 55% equity interest in Tianjin Huaneng Yangliuqing Co-generation Limited Liability Company and a 41% equity interest in Huaneng Beijing Co-generation Limited Liability Company from China Huaneng Group and Huaneng International Power Development Corporation, respectively, were approved by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council on 11 September 2009. The Company has paid the considerations in full pursuant to the relevant transfer agreements. As a result, the controlling generation capacity and the equity-based generation capacity of the Company increased by 2,045MW and 1,006MW, respectively. In addition, the 1,000 MW Ultra-Super Critical coal-fired generating unit of Haimen Power Plant Phase I which is wholly owned by the Company commenced operation at the end of July 2009.

To date, the Company wholly owns 18 operating power plants and has controlling interests in 15 operating power companies and minority interests in 5 operating power companies. Such power plants are located in 12 provinces and 4 provincial-level municipalities in China. The Company also has a wholly-owned operating generation company in Singapore. Currently, the Company is one of China's largest listed power producers with equity-based generation capacity of 41,209MW and controlling generation capacity of 43,984MW.

    For enquiries, please contact:

     Ms. Meng Jing / Ms. Zhao Lin
     Huaneng Power International, Inc.
     Tel:   +86-10-6649-1856 / 1866
     Fax:   +86-10-6649-1860
     Email: zqb@hpi.com.cn

     Mr. Karl Cheung / Ms. Christy Lai
     Rikes Hill & Knowlton Limited
     Tel: +852-2520-2201
     Fax: +852-2520-2241

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