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Mengneng Wulate Front Qi power station

Coal power plant in Inner Mongolia, China. Approximate location 40.736, 108.652.

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Mengneng Wulate Front Qi power station is a 600 MW coal power station in Inner Mongolia, China. It is operated by Inner Mongolia Energy Power Generation Investment Group Co Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 751k homes (estimated). It ranks #1631 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).

600MW installed capacity
750,857homes powered (est.)

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

Data status

Known data

FacilityMengneng Wulate Front Qi power station GEM-coal
CountryChina · Inner Mongolia GEM-coal
Coordinates40.736, 108.652 GEM-coal
FuelCoal GEM-coal
MW installed capacity600 MW GEM GCPT; source record
OwnerInner Mongolia Energy Power Generation Investment Group Co Ltd [100%] GEM-coal

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions2,628,000 t CO₂·a⁻¹ calculated
Capacity rank in country#1631 / 6685 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#1239 / 1907 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.86× · 700 MW · n=1907 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent750,857 calculated
Environmental severityC1 · 42/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

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

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 600 MW, Mengneng Wulate Front Qi power station is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). 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.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in China

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

Owner

Operated by Inner Mongolia Energy Power Generation Investment Group Co Ltd [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 40.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~10°Ctypical annual mean
~23°Ctypical warm-season mean
Cold semi-arid steppe: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

C1ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
42/100environmental-severity index
33.9°Cseasonal temperature swing
808 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1239 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 40.736, 108.652 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Mengneng Wulate Front Qi power station?

Mengneng Wulate Front Qi power station is a 600 MW coal power plant in Inner Mongolia, China.

How many homes can Mengneng Wulate Front Qi power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 750,857 homes (estimated).

Who operates Mengneng Wulate Front Qi power station?

Mengneng Wulate Front Qi power station is operated by Inner Mongolia Energy Power Generation Investment Group Co Ltd [100%].

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