CR Qianxi power station is a 1,320 MW coal power station in Guizhou, China. It ranks #686 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 GEM_coa_crqianxi_china.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 1,320 MW, CR Qianxi power station is well above the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — 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 #513 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
- Hongjiadu · Hydro · 600 MW · Guizhou Sheng
- Guodian Zhijin power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Guizhou Sheng
- Zhijin Cogen power station · Coal · 700 MW · Guizhou
- Guizhou Zhijin (Everbright) power station · Biomass · 12 MW · Guizhou Sheng
- Guizhou Youshan cogen power station · Coal · 700 MW · Guizhou
- Dong Feng · Hydro · 695 MW · Guizhou Sheng
Location
Coordinates 26.891839, 105.912424 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is CR Qianxi power station?
CR Qianxi power station is a 1,320 MW coal power plant in Guizhou, China, Shelved 2025.