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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1070309.
Data status
Known data
Modelled source data
Calculated from dataset
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Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
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:
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
- Shandong Longkou power station · Biomass · 15 MW · Shandong Sheng
- Shandong Penglai Phase 2 · Wind · 48 MW · Shandong Sheng
- Nanshan Aluminum Donghai power station · Coal · 1,730 MW · Shandong Sheng
- Longkou Jiayuan Dongsheng cogen power station · Coal · 60 MW · Shandong Sheng
- Nanshan Thermal power station · Coal · 420 MW · Shandong Sheng
- Liancheng · Wind · 40.2 MW · Shandong Sheng
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).