Huaneng Sichuan Bazhong power station is a 1,800 MW gas power station in Sichuan, China. It ranks #459 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_huanengsichuanbazhong_china.
Data status
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 1,800 MW, Huaneng Sichuan Bazhong power station is well above the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #29 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
- Sichuan Bazhong Tongjiang power station · Gas · 800 MW · Sichuan
- Wanyuan power station · Coal · 600 MW · Sichuan
- Sichuan Da County Jiujietan · Hydro · 39 MW · Sichuan
- Northeast Sichuan power station · Coal · 2,000 MW · Sichuan
- Ningxia Mahuang Mountain Huianpu Hanas Phase One · Wind · 49 MW · Sichuan
- Sichuan Xuanhan power station · Biomass · 25 MW · Chongqing Shi
Location
Coordinates 31.8828, 107.261742 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
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Huaneng Sichuan Bazhong power station is a 1,800 MW gas power plant in Sichuan, China.