Kuitun River Stage 6 — China

Kuitun River Stage 6 is a 18 MW hydro power plant in Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, China. It ranks #5534 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 13.2% 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 WRI1072271.

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 18 MW, Kuitun River Stage 6 is below the median hydro plant in China (24 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #570 largest hydro power plant of 947 in China by capacity.

China has 947 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 262,337 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Kuitun River Laolongkou · Hydro · 10 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
• Dushanzi Ethene power station · Coal · 475 MW · Heilongjiang Sheng
• Huaneng Usu power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Xinjiang
• CPI Wusu power station · Coal · 600 MW · Heilongjiang Sheng
• Kuitun-2 power station · Coal · 100 MW · Heilongjiang Sheng
• Xinjiang Esmill Iron & Steel captive power station · Coal · 30 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu

Location

Coordinates 44.3203, 84.7814 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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