Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Gas Thermal power station is a 320 MW gas power station in Guangdong, China. It ranks #1848 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 3.2% of China's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (41.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_asiasymbolguangdong_china.
Data status
Known data
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 320 MW, Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Gas Thermal power station is well above the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Hangzhou Turbine Power Group Co Ltd: SGT800. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #288 largest gas power plant of 595 in China by capacity.
China has 595 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 333,508 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Xinhui Shuangshui power station-2 · Coal · 300 MW · Guangdong
- Jiangmen Gujing Energy Service Thermal power station · Gas · 120 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Jiangmen Xinhui District power station · Biomass · 36 MW · Guangdong
- Huaqing IGCC power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Guangdong
- Yudean Xinhui power station · Gas · 780 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Xinhui power station · Gas · 906 MW · Guangdong
Location
Coordinates 22.370209, 113.056735 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Gas Thermal power station?
Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Gas Thermal power station is a 320 MW gas power plant in Guangdong, China.