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Jinhai Mill power station

Coal power plant in Hainan, China. Approximate location 19.7726, 109.1841.

CoalHainanChinasubcritical

Jinhai Mill power station is a 300 MW coal power station in Hainan, China. It is operated by Asia Pulp & Paper China. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 375k homes (estimated). It ranks #1883 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2004, it is around 22 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).

300Source-backed capacity
375,428homes powered (est.)
2004commissioned (~22 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1075658.

Data status

Known data

FacilityJinhai Mill power station WRI
CountryChina · Hainan WRI
Coordinates19.7726, 109.1841 WRI
FuelCoal WRI
MW installed capacity300 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerAsia Pulp & Paper China WRI
Commissioned2004 WRI
Technologysubcritical WRI

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions1,314,000 t CO₂/yr calculated
Capacity rank in country#1883 of 6685 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#1359 of 1907 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.43× · 700 MW median · 1907 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent375,428 calculated
Climate24.6°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityCX · 55/100 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/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000100533); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 300 MW, Jinhai Mill 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

East Hope Metals Wucaiwan power station: 7,000 MW7kEast Hope …Datang Tuoketuo power station: 6,720 MW7kDatang Tuo…Togtoh power station: 6,720 MW7kTogtoh pow…Ying Long Shan power station: 6,300 MW6kYing Long …Jiaxing power station: 6,030 MW6kJiaxing po…Guazhou Changle power station: 6,000 MW6kGuazhou Ch…Guodian Yulin Jingbian power station: 6,000 MW6kGuodian Yu…Guoxin Dafeng power station: 6,000 MW6kGuoxin Daf…

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

Owner

Operated by Asia Pulp & Paper China.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 19.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

24.6°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,409cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
16 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 18 °CJF: 19 °CFM: 22 °CMA: 25 °CAM: 28 °CMJ: 29 °CJJ: 29 °CJA: 29 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 26 °CON: 23 °CND: 20 °CD29 °C

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

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 an extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

CXISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
55/100environmental-severity index
10.7°Cseasonal temperature swing
7 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 #1359 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 19.7726, 109.1841 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Jinhai Mill power station?

Jinhai Mill power station is a 300 MW source-record coal power plant in Hainan, China, commissioned in 2004.

How many homes can Jinhai Mill power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 375,428 homes (estimated).

Who operates Jinhai Mill power station?

Jinhai Mill power station is operated by Asia Pulp & Paper China.

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