Guanghai Bay power station is a 2,900 MW gas power station in Guangdong, China. It ranks #157 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 3.2% 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 GOGPT_guanghaibay_china.
Data status
Known data
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 2,900 MW, Guanghai Bay power station is well above the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #5 largest gas power plant of 595 in China by capacity.
China has 595 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 333,508 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Taishan nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 3,500 MW · Guangdong
- Guohua Taishan power station · Coal · 5,030 MW · Guangdong
- Taishan Expansion Coal Power Plant · Coal · 2,000 MW · Guangdong
- Guanghai Bay Economic Development Zone Distributed Energy power station · Gas · 130 MW · Guangdong
- CNOOC Zhuhai Gas power station · Gas · 920 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Jinwan power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Guangdong
Location
Coordinates 21.991586, 112.9895 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Guanghai Bay power station?
Guanghai Bay power station is a 2,900 MW gas power plant in Guangdong, China.