Maoming - Ruineng Coal is a 510 MW coal power station in Guangdong, China. It ranks #1664 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 WRI1070025.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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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 180 MW for Maoming Refinery 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
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000100393; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 510 MW, Maoming - Ruineng Coal is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #1259 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
- Maoming cogen power station · Gas · 1,350 MW · Guangdong
- Maoming Refinery power station · Coal · 100 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Maoming (Yongcheng) power station · Biomass · 24 MW · Guangdong
- GCL Gaozhou Distributed Gas power station · Gas · 150 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Gaozhou City (Langkun) power station · Biomass · 25 MW · Guangdong
- Maoming nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 600 MW · Guangdong
Location
Coordinates 21.676, 110.8784 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Maoming - Ruineng Coal?
Maoming - Ruineng Coal is a 510 MW coal power plant in Guangdong, China, Announced 2003.