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Power plants in China

A directory of 5,959 power plants in China with a combined installed capacity of 1,857,383 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

5,959power plants
1,857,383MW total capacity
11fuel types
1462with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (China)

Coal: 1,434 plants1kCoalSolar: 1,318 plants1kSolarBiomass: 981 plants981BiomassHydro: 947 plants947HydroWind: 835 plants835WindGas: 315 plants315GasOther: 105 plants105OtherNuclear: 12 plants12Nuclear

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

China electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

525gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
41.7%low-carbon electricity
37.0%renewables
58.3%fossil fuels
Coal: 54 % of electricity54CoalHydro: 13 % of electricity13HydroSolar: 11 % of electricity11SolarWind: 11 % of electricity11WindNuclear: 5 % of electricity5NuclearGas: 3 % of electricity3GasBioenergy: 2 % of electricity2BioenergyOil: 1 % of electricity1Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in China

#PlantFuelMW
1Three Gorges DamHydro22,500
2Baihetan DamHydro13,050
3XiluoduHydro12,600
4East Hope Metals Wucaiwan power stationCoal7,000
5Datang Tuoketuo power stationCoal6,720
6Togtoh power stationCoal6,720
7XiangjiabaHydro6,448
8LongtanHydro6,300
9Gansu Wind FarmWind6,000
10NuozhaduHydro5,850
11Waigaoqiao power stationCoal5,240
12Guodian Beilun power stationCoal5,060
13Guohua Taishan power stationCoal5,000
14Jiaxing power stationCoal5,000
15AhaiHydro4,750
16CPI Pingwei power stationCoal4,540
17Zouxian power stationCoal4,540
18Datong - Tashan CoalCoal4,520
19Huaneng Qinbei power stationCoal4,400
20Jinping IIHydro4,400

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Coal (1434)Solar (1318)Biomass (981)Hydro (947)Wind (835)Gas (315)Other (105)Nuclear (12)Oil (7)Waste (3)