Construction of Yongfu Power Station began in July 1998. In the first phase of the plant, two 125,000-kilowatt modified ultra-high pressure units were completed and put into operation in 2000. [8]
The 2×300MW sub-critical coal-fired units in the second phase of the project were put into operation in 2007. [9]
In 2008, the project of using high-efficiency and low-consumption large units and shutting down high-consumption and low-efficiency small units in Yongfu Power Plant was formally approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, with a total investment of 2.69 billion yuan.[10]
In November 2013, China Guodian Corporation and Électricité de France jointly built the third phase of Yongfu Power Station, with a total investment of approximately 2.8 billion yuan.[11]