Dongguan Hongmei Natural Gas power station — China

Dongguan Hongmei Natural Gas power station is a 920 MW gas power station in Guangdong, China. It ranks #1032 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 CT-3142.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000407497; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 920 MW, Dongguan Hongmei Natural Gas power station is well above 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 #136 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

• Lee & Man Paper power station · Coal · 216 MW · Guangdong
• SPIC Lisha Island Gas power station · Gas · 400 MW · Guangdong
• Guangdong Machong power station · Biomass · 36 MW · Guangdong
• Guangdong Dongguan Haixinsha power station · Biomass · 80 MW · Guangdong
• Guangdong Dongguan Houjie power station · Biomass · 54 MW · Guangdong
• Guangzhou Nansha power station · Coal · 600 MW · Guangdong

Location

Coordinates 22.9298, 113.59 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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