Huaneng Songyuan Cogen power station is a 150 MW coal power station in Jilin, China. It is operated by Huaneng Songyuan Thermal Power Co Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 188k homes (estimated). It ranks #2341 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2000, it is around 26 years old — long-established. 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_huanengsongyuancogen_china.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000101082; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 150 MW, Huaneng Songyuan 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.
Key facts
- Share of China coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 1,882,493 MW across 1,907 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 183 of 1,446 dated coal plants in China are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in China
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Huaneng Songyuan Thermal Power Co Ltd [100%].
Climate zone & how it works
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 45.1°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 benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with thermal cycling 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 #1556 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
- CGN Changling power station · Gas · 1,000 MW · Jilin
- Huaneng Jilin Songyuan power station · Gas · 1,000 MW · Jilin
- Datang Songyuan power station · Coal · 600 MW · Jilin
- Jilin Qian Gorlos power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Jilin Sheng
- Jilin Songyuan power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Jilin Sheng
- Datang Changshan power station · Coal · 660 MW · Jilin Sheng
Location
Coordinates 45.14332, 124.787718 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Huaneng Songyuan Cogen power station?
Huaneng Songyuan Cogen power station is a 150 MW coal power plant in Jilin, China, commissioned in 2000.
Who operates Huaneng Songyuan Cogen power station?
Huaneng Songyuan Cogen power station is operated by Huaneng Songyuan Thermal Power Co Ltd [100%].