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Leiyang Baiyang Coal — China

Coal power plant in Hunan, China. Approximate location 26.3667, 112.873.

CoalHunanChinaultra-supercriticalShelved

Leiyang Baiyang Coal is a 120 MW coal power station in Hunan, China. It ranks #2433 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).

120MW installed capacity
2006Shelved

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1070467.

Data status

Known data

FacilityLeiyang Baiyang Coal WRI
CountryChina · Hunan WRI
Coordinates26.3667, 112.873 WRI
FuelCoal WRI
MW installed capacity120 MW GEM · 2026 · L100000100781; part of a generating complex
Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified
OwnerLeiyang Baiyang power station WRI
Commissioned2006 WRI
Technologyultra-supercritical WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#2433 / 6685 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#1579 / 1907 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.17× · 700 MW · n=1907 calculated
Climate18.0°C · HDD 1,245 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC3 · 39/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000100781; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 120 MW, Leiyang Baiyang Coal is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — 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 #1579 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 26.3667, 112.873 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Leiyang Baiyang Coal?

Leiyang Baiyang Coal is a 120 MW coal power plant in Hunan, China, Shelved 2006.

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