Chaozhou Shenzhen Energy Fengquan Lake High-tech Zone Gas-fired Thermal power plant — China

Chaozhou Shenzhen Energy Fengquan Lake High-tech Zone Gas-fired Thermal power plant is a 200 MW gas power station in Guangdong, China. It is operated by Chaozhou Shenneng Ganlu Thermal Power Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 225k homes (estimated). It ranks #2180 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2022, it is around 4 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-3481.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000405621; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 200 MW, Chaozhou Shenzhen Energy Fengquan Lake High-tech Zone Gas-fired Thermal power plant is below the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Shanghai Electric: AE64.3A. 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

223 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 Chaozhou Shenneng Ganlu Thermal Power Co Ltd.

Climate zone & how it works

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 23.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #347 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

• Guangdong Chaozhou power station · Biomass · 32 MW · Guangdong
• Guangdong Shantou Chenghai District power station · Biomass · 41.5 MW · Guangdong
• Shantou Chenghai Jieyuan Municipal Solid Waste · Gas · 15 MW · Guangdong
• Shenzhen Energy Chao'an power station · Gas · 200 MW · Guangdong
• Chao'an Fengtang power station · Gas · 200 MW · Guangdong
• Guangdong Raoping (Hanlan) power station · Biomass · 12 MW · Guangdong

Location

Coordinates 23.646523, 116.792772 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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