Guangxi Guigang Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. Gas Power Project is a 100 MW gas power station in Guangxi, China. It is operated by Guangxi Guigang Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 113k homes (estimated). It ranks #2720 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2022, it is around 4 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_guangxiguigangironands_china.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408303; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 100 MW, Guangxi Guigang Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. Gas Power Project is below 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 Guigang 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 climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 23.1°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 a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness 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 #451 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 23.088516, 109.634057 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Guangxi Guigang Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. Gas Power Project is a 100 MW gas power plant in Guangxi, China, commissioned in 2022.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 112,628 homes (estimated).
Guangxi Guigang Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. Gas Power Project is operated by Guangxi Guigang Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd [100%].
