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Keyouzhongqi power station — China

Coal power plant in Inner Mongolia, China. Approximate location 44.9819, 121.4244.

CoalInner MongoliaChinaultra-supercritical

Keyouzhongqi power station is a 330 MW coal power station in Inner Mongolia, China. It is operated by Inner Mongolia Yuanyuan Energy Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 413k homes (estimated). It ranks #1840 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 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).

330MW installed capacity
412,971homes powered (est.)
2010commissioned (~16 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1070419.

Data status

Known data

FacilityKeyouzhongqi power station WRI
CountryChina · Inner Mongolia WRI
Coordinates44.9819, 121.4244 WRI
FuelCoal WRI
MW installed capacity330 MW WRI GPPD; source record
OwnerInner Mongolia Yuanyuan Energy Co Ltd WRI
Commissioned2010 WRI
Technologyultra-supercritical WRI

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions1,445,400 t CO₂·a⁻¹ calculated
Capacity rank in country#1840 / 6685 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#1338 / 1907 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.47× · 700 MW · n=1907 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent412,971 calculated
Climate6.4°C · HDD 4,599 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC1 · 42/100 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.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 1,320 MW for Keyouzhong power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 330 MW, Keyouzhongqi power station is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-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.

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
734 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

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 Inner Mongolia Yuanyuan Energy Co Ltd.

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 45.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

6.4°Cannual mean temp
4,599heating degree-days (base 18°C)
386cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
254 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -13 °CJF: -9 °CFM: -2 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 7 °CON: -3 °CND: -10 °CD24 °C

Heating degree-days here run 87% 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: 91/100 — 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 thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

C1ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
42/100environmental-severity index
36.2°Cseasonal temperature swing
474 kmdistance to coast

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 #1338 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

Location

Coordinates 44.9819, 121.4244 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Keyouzhongqi power station?

Keyouzhongqi power station is a 330 MW coal power plant in Inner Mongolia, China, commissioned in 2010.

Who operates Keyouzhongqi power station?

Keyouzhongqi power station is operated by Inner Mongolia Yuanyuan Energy Co Ltd.

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