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Laogang Landfill

Gas power plant in Shanghai Shi, China. Approximate location 31.0636, 121.8714.

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Laogang Landfill is a 15 MW gas power plant in Shanghai Shi, China. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 16,894 homes (estimated). It ranks #4891 of 5,959 China power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 12,721 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 2,965 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 3.2% of China's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (41.7% low-carbon) (2025).

15MW installed capacity
16,894homes powered (est.)
12,721t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1072155.

12,721 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

2,965passenger cars driven for a year
1,659homes' yearly energy use
212,017tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in China

Black Point Power Station: 2,500 MW2kBlack Poin…Dongguan Ningzhou Gas power station: 2,484 MW2kDongguan N…Beijing - Northwest: 2,100 MW2kBeijing - …Shenzhen Energy Guangming Gas power station: 1,800 MW2kShenzhen E…Dongguan Zhongtang Gas Thermal power station: 1,720 MW2kDongguan Z…Shanghai Lingang: 1,560 MW2kShanghai L…Jinjiang Gas power station: 1,560 MW2kJinjiang G…CNOOC Putian Gas power station: 1,560 MW2kCNOOC Puti…

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

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 31.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

16.2°Cannual mean temp
1,615heating degree-days (base 18°C)
992cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
4 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 5 °CJF: 6 °CFM: 9 °CMA: 14 °CAM: 19 °CMJ: 23 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 24 °CSO: 19 °CON: 13 °CND: 7 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 34% below 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: 36/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~1% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #233 largest gas power plant of 315 in China by capacity.

China has 315 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 116,718 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 31.0636, 121.8714 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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