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Huai'an Hongze Runhu cogen power station

Coal power plant in Jiangsu, China. Approximate location 33.329933, 118.885998.

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Huai'an Hongze Runhu cogen power station is a 60 MW coal power plant in Jiangsu, China. It is operated by Huai'an Hongze District Runhu Thermal Development Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 75k homes (estimated). It ranks #3088 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2026, it is around 0 years old — recently built. In context, coal supplies about 54.3% of China's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (41.7% low-carbon) (2025).

60MW installed capacity
75,085homes powered (est.)
2026commissioned (~0 yrs)

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

Data status

Known data

FacilityHuai'an Hongze Runhu cogen power station GEM-coal
CountryChina · Jiangsu GEM-coal
Coordinates33.329933, 118.885998 GEM-coal
FuelCoal GEM-coal
MW installed capacity60 MW GEM GCPT; source record
OwnerHuai'an Hongze District Runhu Thermal Development Co Ltd GEM-coal
Commissioned2026 GEM-coal
Technologysubcritical GEM-coal

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions262,800 t CO₂·a⁻¹ calculated
Capacity rank in country#3088 / 6685 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#1799 / 1907 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.09× · 700 MW · n=1907 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent75,085 calculated
Environmental severityC3 · 40/100 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 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: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 60 MW, Huai'an Hongze Runhu cogen power station is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in China

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

Owner

Operated by Huai'an Hongze District Runhu Thermal Development Co Ltd.

Climate zone & how it works

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 33.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~19°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season mean
Humid subtropical (dry winter): hot summers and mild winters

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

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 a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

C3ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
40/100environmental-severity index
25.4°Cseasonal temperature swing
100 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 #1799 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.

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Location

Coordinates 33.329933, 118.885998 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Huai'an Hongze Runhu cogen power station?

Huai'an Hongze Runhu cogen power station is a 60 MW coal power plant in Jiangsu, China, commissioned in 2026.

How many homes can Huai'an Hongze Runhu cogen power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 75,085 homes (estimated).

Who operates Huai'an Hongze Runhu cogen power station?

Huai'an Hongze Runhu cogen power station is operated by Huai'an Hongze District Runhu Thermal Development Co Ltd.

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