Guodian Ningxia Qingtongxia Niushoushan Phase 2 is a 49 MW wind power plant in Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 42k homes (estimated). It ranks #3628 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. 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 WRI1071810.
Data status
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Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 150 MW for Ningxia Qingtongxia Niushoushan (Guodian, 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 · L100000903683; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 49 MW, Guodian Ningxia Qingtongxia Niushoushan Phase 2 is around the median wind plant in China (49 MW). 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
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).
Local climate & thermal context
This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.8°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 47% above 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: 78/100 — this site sits in the top 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 a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion 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 #362 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
- Guodian Ningxia Qingtongxia Niushoushan Phase 1 · Wind · 49 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
- Guodian Ningxia Qingtongxia Niushoushan Phase 3 · Wind · 49 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
- Qingtongxia · Hydro · 272 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
- Ningxia Jinyuyuan Chemical power station · Coal · 100 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
- Nepg Qingtongxia Niushoushan Phase 1 · Wind · 49 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
- Nepg Qingtongxia Niushoushan Phase 2 · Wind · 49 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
Location
Coordinates 37.7922, 106.0161 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
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Guodian Ningxia Qingtongxia Niushoushan Phase 2 is a 49 MW wind power plant in Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China.