BEIJING, Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Huaneng Power International, Inc. ("HPI" or the "Company") (NYSE: HNP; HKEx: 902; SSE: 600011) is pleased to announce that one 600MW coal-fired generating unit (Unit 5) of the Phase III Project of Hunan Yueyang Power Plant (of which the Company owns 55% equity interest), the Phase I Project of Hebei Kangbao Wind-Power Plant (with a total generation capacity of 49.5MW) which is wholly-owned by the company and the first stage of the Phase II Project of Jiangsu Qidong Wind Power Plant (with a total generation capacity of 50MW and in which the Company owns 65% equity interest) have respectively completed the trial run recently.

In addition, the Company has recently closed down two generation units (with a total generation capacity of 260MW) at Zhejiang Changxing Power Plant which is wholly-owned by the company.

The above projects totally increased the Company's controlling generation capacity and equity-based generation capacity by 439.5MW and 152MW, respectively. Accordingly, the Company's total controlling generation capacity has increased from 50,033MW to 50,473MW while the total equity-based generation capacity has increased from 46,512MW to 46,664MW.

About the Company

The Company is one of China's largest listed power producers with controlled generation capacity of 50,473 MW and equity-based generation capacity of 46,664MW. The power plants of the Company are located in 17 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China. The Company also has a wholly-owned power company in Singapore.

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    Huaneng Power International, Inc.
    Ms. MENG Jing / Ms. ZHAO Lin
    Tel:   (8610) 6608 6765 / 6322 6596
    Fax:   (8610) 6641 2321
    Email: zqb@hpi.com.cn

    Wonderful Sky Financial Group Limited
    Ms. Katy CHAN / Mr. Kate Chan / Ms. Olive ZHANG
    Tel:  (852) 3970 2119 / 3970 2153 / 3970 2180
    Fax:  (852) 2815 1352
    Email: katychan@wsfg.hk /katechan@wsfg.hk /olivezhang@wsfg.hk

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