Guang'an Huaying power station — China

Guang'an Huaying power station is a 2,000 MW coal power station in Sichuan, China. It ranks #349 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_guanganhuaying_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 2,000 MW, Guang'an Huaying 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 “Announced” — 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 #241 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

• Chongqing Shuanghuai power station · Coal · 1,920 MW · Chongqing Shi
• Sichuan Guangneng Coal Mine Methane · Gas · 21 MW · Sichuan
• Sichuan Guangan Caishandong Coal Mine Methane · Gas · 15 MW · Sichuan
• Sichuan Yuechi power station · Biomass · 18 MW · Chongqing Shi
• Guangan power station · Coal · 2,400 MW · Sichuan
• Chongqing Hechuan District power station · Biomass · 25 MW · Chongqing Shi

Location

Coordinates 30.265447, 106.732909 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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