China Resources Potou District Power station

China Resources Potou District Power station is a 240 MW gas power station in Guangdong, China. It ranks #2071 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_chinaresourcespotoudis_china.

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 240 MW, China Resources Potou District Power station is below the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #316 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

• Zhanjiang Coal · Coal · 1,320 MW · Guangdong
• Zhanjiang Aoliyou power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Guangdong
• Huarun Guangdong Zhanjiang Donghaidao power station · Gas · 920 MW · Guangdong
• Zhanjiang Disaster Protection power station · Gas · 580 MW · Guangdong
• Huaneng Zhanjiang Nansan (Haifeng) Wind · Wind · 50 MW · Guangdong
• Zhanjiang Donghai power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Guangdong

Location

Coordinates 21.2705036, 110.4583529 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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