Guangdong Conghua power station — China

Guangdong Conghua power station is a 124 MW waste power station in Guangdong, China. It is operated by Guangzhou Yongxing Environmental Protection Energy Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 171k homes (estimated). It ranks #2422 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 1,153,840 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 269k cars driven for a year. In context, 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-3025.

Data provenance

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

capacity: Climate TRACE; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.

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

~1,153,840 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

Key facts

Share of China waste capacity

60.2% of 206 MW across 3 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest waste plants in China

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Guangzhou Yongxing Environmental Protection Energy Co Ltd.

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 23.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 82% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 20/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 largest waste power plant of 3 in China by capacity.

China has 3 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 206 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Datang Guangzhou Conghua Gas power station · Gas · 1,400 MW · Guangdong
• GCL Fogang Gas Distributed Energy Station · Gas · 360 MW · Guangdong
• Zhongsheng Fogang Gas power station · Gas · 2,800 MW · Guangdong
• Guangdong Qingyuan (Zhongtian) power station · Biomass · 50 MW · Guangdong
• Huanglongdai · Hydro · 8.8 MW · Guangdong
• Liuxihe · Hydro · 42 MW · Guangdong

Location

Coordinates 23.6464, 113.503 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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