Kangbashi power station is a 700 MW coal power station in Inner Mongolia, China. It is operated by Kangbashi Power Station. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 876k homes (estimated). It ranks #1203 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 years old — relatively modern. Its modelled annual emissions are 2,755,700 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 642k cars driven for a year. 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 WRI1070426.
Data status
Known data
Modelled source 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 · L100000100920; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 700 MW, Kangbashi power station is around the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as supercritical. 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.
~2,755,700 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.
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
- 985 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 Kangbashi Power Station.
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 39.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 76% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.
Climate heat-demand index: 89/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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
This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion 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 #835 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
- Dafanpu power station · Coal · 3,800 MW · Inner Mongolia
- Ejin Horo cogen power station · Coal · 400 MW · Inner Mongolia
- Ordos Hantai cogen power station · Coal · 60 MW · Inner Mongolia
- Guodian Dongsheng power station · Coal · 660 MW · Inner Mongolia
- Mengtai Beijiao power station · Coal · 1,980 MW · Inner Mongolia
- Huaihe Energy Selian Second Mine pilot coal power project · Coal · 2,000 MW · Inner Mongolia
Location
Coordinates 39.5978, 109.9087 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Kangbashi power station?
Kangbashi power station is a 700 MW coal power plant in Inner Mongolia, China, commissioned in 2014.
Who operates Kangbashi power station?
Kangbashi power station is operated by Kangbashi Power Station.
How much CO₂ does Kangbashi power station emit?
Kangbashi power station has modelled emissions of about 2,755,700 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).