Baowu Group Echeng Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Gas Power Project — China

Baowu Group Echeng Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Gas Power Project is a 160 MW gas power station in Hubei, China. It is operated by Baowu Group Echeng Iron & Steel Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 180k homes (estimated). It ranks #2269 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2021, it is around 5 years old — recently built. 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 CT-3443.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408116; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 160 MW, Baowu Group Echeng Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Gas Power Project is below the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. 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.

Key facts

Share of China gas capacity

less than 0.1% of 333,508 MW across 595 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

198 of 351 dated gas plants in China are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest gas plants in China

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Baowu Group Echeng Iron & Steel Co Ltd.

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 30.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 36% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 35/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~1% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #374 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

• Ezhou Landfill · Gas · 1 MW · Hubei
• Huanggang Paper Mill Cogen Power Station · Biomass · 100 MW · Hubei
• Echeng A · Solar · 14 MW · Hubei
• Tieshan · Solar · 30 MW · Hubei
• Huangshi Landfill Gas · Gas · 1 MW · Hubei
• Hubei Huanggang Huangzhou District power station · Biomass · 25 MW · Hubei

Location

Coordinates 30.3925, 114.8546 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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