Guangxi Fangchenggang Steel Base power station is a 550 MW gas power station in Guangxi, China. It is operated by Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 619k homes (estimated). It ranks #1645 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2020, it is around 6 years old — recently built. 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_guangxifangchenggangst_china.
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The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 550 MW for Guangxi Fangchenggang Steel Base power s, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408301; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 550 MW, Guangxi Fangchenggang Steel Base power station is well above the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
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.
The #228 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.
Coordinates 21.548373, 108.394749 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Guangxi Fangchenggang Steel Base power station is a 550 MW gas power plant in Guangxi, China, commissioned in 2020.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 619,457 homes (estimated).
Guangxi Fangchenggang Steel Base power station is operated by Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd [100%].
