Huaihe Energy Selian Second Mine pilot coal power project — China

Huaihe Energy Selian Second Mine pilot coal power project is a 2,000 MW coal power station in Inner Mongolia, China. It ranks #358 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. 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 GEM_coa_huaiheseliansecondmi_china.

Data provenance

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

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 2,000 MW, Huaihe Energy Selian Second Mine pilot coal power project is well above the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #250 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

• Ordos Hantai cogen power station · Coal · 60 MW · Inner Mongolia
• Mengtai Beijiao power station · Coal · 1,980 MW · Inner Mongolia
• Guodian Dongsheng power station · Coal · 660 MW · Inner Mongolia
• Dafanpu power station · Coal · 3,800 MW · Inner Mongolia
• Kangbashi power station · Coal · 700 MW · Inner Mongolia
• Ejin Horo cogen power station · Coal · 400 MW · Inner Mongolia

Location

Coordinates 39.87049, 109.85477 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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