Gansu Yumen Yueliangwan Second Cascade — China

Gansu Yumen Yueliangwan Second Cascade is a 17 MW hydro power plant in Gansu Sheng, China. It ranks #5602 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 WRI1072023.

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 17 MW, Gansu Yumen Yueliangwan Second Cascade is below the median hydro plant in China (24 MW). Technically it is described as pumped storage. 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 #586 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

• Cecep Gansu Yumen Changma Daba South · Wind · 48 MW · Gansu Sheng
• Changma wind-solar · Solar · 9 MW · Gansu Sheng
• Yumen Sinogy · Solar · 50 MW · Gansu Sheng
• Gansu Yumen power station · Coal · 2,000 MW · Gansu
• Gansu 803 power station · Coal · 600 MW · Gansu Sheng
• Datang 803 power station · Coal · 600 MW · Gansu Sheng

Location

Coordinates 39.88, 96.83 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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