Nanchang-1 power station is a 250 MW coal power station in Jiangxi, China. It is operated by State Power Investment Corporation Jiangxi Electric Power Co Ltd Nanchang Power. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 313k homes (estimated). It ranks #2036 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1986, it is around 40 years old — long-established. 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_nanchang1_china.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 250 MW, Nanchang-1 power station is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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.
Key facts
- Share of China coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 1,882,493 MW across 1,907 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 29 of 1,446 dated coal plants in China are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in China
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by State Power Investment Corporation Jiangxi Electric Power Co Ltd Nanchang Power.
Climate zone & how it works
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 28.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
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 #1459 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
- Nanchang Changbei Mill power station · Coal · 100 MW · Jiangxi Sheng
- Fangda Special Steel power project · Gas · 130 MW · Jiangxi
- Jiangxi Nanchang power station · Biomass · 60 MW · Jiangxi Sheng
- CPI Xinchang power station · Coal · 1,400 MW · Jiangxi Sheng
- Yongxiu power station · Coal · 2,000 MW · Jiangxi
- Jiangxi Quanling County power station · Biomass · 64 MW · Jiangxi Sheng
Location
Coordinates 28.717329, 115.920423 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Nanchang-1 power station?
Nanchang-1 power station is a 250 MW coal power plant in Jiangxi, China, commissioned in 1986.
Who operates Nanchang-1 power station?
Nanchang-1 power station is operated by State Power Investment Corporation Jiangxi Electric Power Co Ltd Nanchang Power.