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Changchun City Landfill Gas

Gas power plant in Jilin Sheng, China. Approximate location 43.862, 125.477.

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Changchun City Landfill Gas is a 3 MW gas power plant in Jilin Sheng, China. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 3.4k homes (estimated). It ranks #6629 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).

3Legacy source-record capacity
3,378homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1071631.

Data status

Known data

FacilityChangchun City Landfill Gas WRI
CountryChina · Jilin Sheng WRI
Coordinates43.862, 125.477 WRI
FuelGas WRI
MW installed capacity3 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions4,730 t CO₂/yr calculated
Capacity rank in country#6629 of 6685 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#559 of 595 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.01× · 284 MW median · 595 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent3,378 calculated
Climate4.4°C · HDD 5,175 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC1 · 33/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 3 MW, Changchun City Landfill Gas is below the median gas plant in China (284 MW). 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.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in China

Datang Wushi power station: 3,900 MW4kDatang Wus…Jingneng Beihai power station: 3,200 MW3kJingneng B…Jiangsu Rudong Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power station: 3,120 MW3kJiangsu Ru…Wenzhou Dongtou power station: 3,120 MW3kWenzhou Do…Guanghai Bay power station: 2,900 MW3kGuanghai B…Chongqing Changshou power station: 2,800 MW3kChongqing …Chongqing Tongliang power station: 2,800 MW3kChongqing …Sichuan Deyang Zhongjiang power station: 2,800 MW3kSichuan De…

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

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 monsoon hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

4.4°Cannual mean temp
5,175heating degree-days (base 18°C)
254cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
247 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -18 °CJF: -13 °CFM: -3 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 6 °CON: -4 °CND: -13 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 111% above 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: 95/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% 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

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

C1ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
33/100environmental-severity index
39.5°Cseasonal temperature swing
462 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

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 #559 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.

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Location

Coordinates 43.862, 125.477 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Changchun City Landfill Gas?

Changchun City Landfill Gas is a 3 MW source-record gas power plant in Jilin Sheng, China.

How many homes can Changchun City Landfill Gas power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 3,378 homes (estimated).

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