Guangdong Lankou Hydro — China

Guangdong Lankou Hydro is a 26 MW hydro power plant in Guangdong, China. It ranks #4835 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 WRI1071102.

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 26 MW, Guangdong Lankou Hydro is around the median hydro plant in China (24 MW). Technically it is described as pumped storage. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre 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 #447 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

• Guangdong Liucheng Hydro · Hydro · 25 MW · Guangdong
• Dong River Dongyuan · Hydro · 20 MW · Guangdong
• Dongyuan County power station · Gas · 1,600 MW · Guangdong
• Beijing Jingneng Guangdong Dongyuan Gas power station · Gas · 1,600 MW · Guangdong
• Guangdong Dongyuan (Shenneng) power station · Biomass · 15 MW · Guangdong
• Renkeng Longchuan County · Hydro · 25 MW · Guangdong

Location

Coordinates 23.9322, 115.0456 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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