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Guodian Penglai power station — China

Coal power plant in Shandong Sheng, China. Approximate location 37.7553, 120.5945.

CoalShandong ShengChinaultra-supercriticalConstructionCO₂ modelled

Guodian Penglai power station is a 600 MW coal power station in Shandong Sheng, China. It ranks #1530 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 2,130,900 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 497k cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 54.3% of China's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (41.7% low-carbon) (2025).

600MW installed capacity
2,130,900t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
2006Construction

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1070309.

Data status

Known data

FacilityGuodian Penglai power station WRI
CountryChina · Shandong Sheng WRI
Coordinates37.7553, 120.5945 WRI
FuelCoal WRI
MW installed capacity600 MW GEM · 2026 · L100000101329; operating plant capacity
Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified
OwnerChina Guodian Group Corporation WRI
Commissioned2006 WRI
Technologyultra-supercritical WRI

Modelled source data

CO₂ emissions2,130,900 t CO₂·a⁻¹ modelled · Climate TRACE

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#1530 / 6685 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#1147 / 1907 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.86× · 700 MW · n=1907 calculated
Climate11.9°C · HDD 2,802 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC4 · 43/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

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 · L100000101329; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 600 MW, Guodian Penglai power station is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

~2,130,900 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

497kpassenger cars driven for a year
278khomes' yearly energy use
36 milliontree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1147 largest coal power plant of 1907 in China by capacity.

China has 1907 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 1,882,493 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 37.7553, 120.5945 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Guodian Penglai power station?

Guodian Penglai power station is a 600 MW coal power plant in Shandong Sheng, China, Construction 2006.

How much CO₂ does Guodian Penglai power station emit?

Guodian Penglai power station has modelled emissions of about 2,130,900 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).

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