Dongfeng Cogen power station — China

Dongfeng Cogen power station is a 90 MW coal power plant in Jilin, China. It ranks #2788 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_dongfengcogen_china.

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 90 MW, Dongfeng Cogen power station is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). 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 #1731 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

• Jilin Meihekou power station · Biomass · 12 MW · Jilin Sheng
• Jilin Liaoyuan (Tianying) power station · Biomass · 15 MW · Jilin Sheng
• Jilin Liaoyuan Longshan District power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Jilin Sheng
• Liaoyuan Datang power station · Coal · 660 MW · Jilin Sheng
• Dongfeng Zhongzhong Taide Gas power project · Gas · 110 MW · Jilin Sheng
• Jilin Huinan power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Jilin Sheng

Location

Coordinates 42.677212, 125.530687 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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