Lanzhou New Area Shizhengxin cogen power station — China

Lanzhou New Area Shizhengxin cogen power station is a 700 MW coal power station in Gansu, China. It ranks #1343 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. 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_lanzhounewareashizhe_china.

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 700 MW, Lanzhou New Area Shizhengxin cogen power station is around the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #970 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

• Gansu Energy Lanzhou New District cogen power station · Coal · 700 MW · Gansu
• Lanzhou New District power station · Coal · 2,000 MW · Gansu
• Yong Deng · Solar · 49.5 MW · Gansu Sheng
• Baiyin Aluminium power station · Coal · 250 MW · Gansu
• Ningxia Shapotou Yellow River · Hydro · 120 MW · Gansu Sheng
• Gansu Baiyin power station · Coal · 700 MW · Gansu Sheng

Location

Coordinates 36.617037, 103.747297 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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