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Hainan Sanya power station

Biomass power plant in Hainan, China. Approximate location 18.4233, 109.304.

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Hainan Sanya power station is a 30 MW biomass power plant in Hainan, China. It is operated by Everbright Environmental Energy (Hainan) Holdings Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 41k homes (estimated). It ranks #4723 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 2.0% of China's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (41.7% low-carbon) (2025).

30Legacy source-record capacity
41,297homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-4547.

Data status

Known data

FacilityHainan Sanya power station Climate TRACE
CountryChina · Hainan Climate TRACE
Coordinates18.4233, 109.304 Climate TRACE
FuelBiomass Climate TRACE
MW installed capacity30 MW Climate TRACE source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerEverbright Environmental Energy (Hainan) Holdings Co Ltd Climate TRACE

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#4723 of 6685 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#425 of 981 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.00× · 30 MW median · 981 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent41,297 calculated
Climate24.0°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC5 · 49/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

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

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: Climate TRACE source-record capacity (modelled/legacy); fuel: Climate TRACE source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 30 MW, Hainan Sanya power station is around the median biomass plant in China (30 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.

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

Capacity vs largest biomass plants in China

Guangdong Guangzhou Huangpu District power station: 250 MW250Guangdong …Guangdong Zhanjiang (Chenming) power station: 240 MW240Guangdong …Hubei Jianli (Nine Dragons Paper) power station: 240 MW240Hubei Jian…Guangdong Shenzhen East power station: 180 MW180Guangdong …Guangdong Xinfeng power station: 180 MW180Guangdong …Guangxi Beihai (Sun Paper) power station: 160 MW160Guangxi Be…Shanghai Laogang power station: 150 MW150Shanghai L…Liaoning Haicheng power station: 150 MW150Liaoning H…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Everbright Environmental Energy (Hainan) Holdings Co Ltd.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 18.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

24.0°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,186cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
313 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 19 °CJF: 20 °CFM: 22 °CMA: 25 °CAM: 27 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 26 °CSO: 24 °CON: 22 °CND: 20 °CD27 °C

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

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

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.

C5ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
49/100environmental-severity index
7.8°Cseasonal temperature swing
27 kmdistance to coast

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #425 largest biomass power plant of 981 in China by capacity.

China has 981 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 30,108 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 18.4233, 109.304 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Hainan Sanya power station?

Hainan Sanya power station is a 30 MW source-record biomass power plant in Hainan, China.

How many homes can Hainan Sanya power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 41,297 homes (estimated).

Who operates Hainan Sanya power station?

Hainan Sanya power station is operated by Everbright Environmental Energy (Hainan) Holdings Co Ltd.

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