Erlintan power station is a 2,000 MW coal power station in Shaanxi, China. It ranks #347 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_erlintan_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 2,000 MW, Erlintan power station is well above the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-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 #239 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
- Balasu LHV power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Shaanxi
- Yuandatan power station · Coal · 2,000 MW · Shaanxi
- Weilai Energy & Chemical captive power station · Coal · 150 MW · Shaanxi
- Hongshiqiao power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Shaanxi
- Yulin Chemical power station · Coal · 200 MW · Shaanxi
- Yulin Yuheng power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Shaanxi
Location
Coordinates 38.296141, 109.27428 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Erlintan power station?
Erlintan power station is a 2,000 MW coal power plant in Shaanxi, China.