Gansu Bazang — China

Gansu Bazang is a 51 MW hydro power plant in Gansu Sheng, China. It ranks #3125 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 13.2% 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 WRI1072261.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 51 MW, Gansu Bazang is well above the median hydro plant in China (24 MW). Technically it is described as run-of-river. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #349 largest hydro power plant of 947 in China by capacity.

China has 947 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 262,337 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Diebu Lazikou Iii · Hydro · 5 MW · Gansu Sheng
• Diebu Lazikou Ii Hydro · Hydro · 5 MW · Gansu Sheng
• Gansu Zhouqu Lijie · Hydro · 6 MW · Gansu Sheng
• Gansu Bailong River Suoertou Hydroelectric · Hydro · 66 MW · Gansu Sheng
• Gansu Kababanjiu Small · Hydro · 12 MW · Gansu Sheng
• Dala River Estuary Plant Diebu County · Hydro · 52 MW · Gansu Sheng

Location

Coordinates 33.9273, 104.004 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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