Jiawang power station is a 540 MW coal power station in Jiangsu, China. It is operated by Jiangsu Shangdian Jiawang Power Generation Co Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 676k homes (estimated). It ranks #1652 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2003, it is around 23 years old — relatively modern. 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_jiawang_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
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 540 MW, Jiawang 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
- 277 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 Jiangsu Shangdian Jiawang Power Generation 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 humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 34.4°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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — 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 #1252 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
- Datang Jiawang Gas Thermal power station · Gas · 1,600 MW · Jiangsu
- Xuzhou Xiexin · Solar · 20 MW · Jiangsu Sheng
- Xuzhou Xiexin Solar Power Plant · Solar · 20 MW · Jiangsu Sheng
- Xuzhou Jiangping Cogen power station · Coal · 30 MW · Jiangsu Sheng
- Nanjing Mine power station · Coal · 600 MW · Jiangsu Sheng
- Xuzhou Mine power station · Coal · 600 MW · Jiangsu Sheng
Location
Coordinates 34.423598, 117.433163 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Jiawang power station?
Jiawang power station is a 540 MW coal power plant in Jiangsu, China, commissioned in 2003.
Who operates Jiawang power station?
Jiawang power station is operated by Jiangsu Shangdian Jiawang Power Generation Co Ltd [100%].