Guangdong Taishan Shangchuandao Island Phase 1 is a 48 MW wind power plant in Guangdong, China. It is operated by China Guangdong Nuclear Taishan Chuandao Windpower. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 41k homes (estimated). It ranks #3937 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.7% 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 WRI1071161.
Data status
Known data
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 85 MW for Guangdong Taishan Shangchuandao wind far, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000903147; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 48 MW, Guangdong Taishan Shangchuandao Island Phase 1 is around the median wind plant in China (49 MW). Technically it is described as Onshore. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of China wind capacity
- less than 0.1% of 52,236 MW across 835 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 90 of 471 dated wind plants in China are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest wind plants in China
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by China Guangdong Nuclear Taishan Chuandao Windpower.
Local climate & thermal context
This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.6°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 92% 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: 16/100 — 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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #661 largest wind power plant of 835 in China by capacity.
China has 835 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 52,236 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Guangdong Taishan Shangchuandao Island Phase 2 · Wind · 36 MW · Guangdong
- Taishan Expansion Coal Power Plant · Coal · 2,000 MW · Guangdong
- Guohua Taishan power station · Coal · 5,030 MW · Guangdong
- Cgn Guangdong Duanfen Wind · Wind · 47 MW · Guangdong
- Guanghai Bay Economic Development Zone Distributed Energy power station · Gas · 130 MW · Guangdong
- Taishan nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 3,500 MW · Guangdong
Location
Coordinates 21.5806, 112.7697 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Guangdong Taishan Shangchuandao Island Phase 1?
Guangdong Taishan Shangchuandao Island Phase 1 is a 48 MW wind power plant in Guangdong, China, commissioned in 2010.
Who operates Guangdong Taishan Shangchuandao Island Phase 1?
Guangdong Taishan Shangchuandao Island Phase 1 is operated by China Guangdong Nuclear Taishan Chuandao Windpower.