Huadian Chaohu Gas power station — China

Huadian Chaohu Gas power station is a 200 MW gas power station in Anhui, China. It is operated by China Huadian Corp Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 225k homes (estimated). It ranks #2187 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. 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_huadianchaohu_china.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 200 MW, Huadian Chaohu Gas power station is below the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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.

Key facts

Share of China gas capacity

less than 0.1% of 333,508 MW across 595 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 gas plants in China

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

Owner

Operated by China Huadian Corp Ltd [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

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 31.6°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).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness 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 #353 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.

Nearby power plants

• Huaneng Chaohu power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Anhui Hanshan power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Chaohu C · Solar · 25 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Anhui Chaohu power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Anhui Feidong power station · Waste · 60 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Anhui He power station · Biomass · 15 MW · Anhui Sheng

Location

Coordinates 31.567355, 117.88017 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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