Baise Coal — China

Baise Coal is a 1,320 MW coal power station in Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, China. It ranks #559 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 54.3% 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 WRI1070617.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,320 MW, Baise Coal is well above the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #389 largest coal power plant of 1907 in China by capacity.

China has 1907 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 1,882,493 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Baise Tianyang power station · Coal · 300 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Baise Smelter power station · Coal · 700 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Suyuan power station · Coal · 150 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Guangxi Youjiang Naji Dam · Hydro · 66 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Baise City power station · Coal · 300 MW · Guangxi
• Chengbihe · Hydro · 30 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu

Location

Coordinates 23.7882, 106.8155 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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