Nanchuan Heart River power station is a 25 MW coal power plant in Chongqing Shi, China. It is operated by Chongqing Nanchuan Aixi Electric Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 31k homes (estimated). It ranks #4927 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1998, it is around 28 years old — long-established. Its modelled annual emissions are 112,743 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 26k cars driven for a year. 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 CT-3512.
Data status
Known data
Modelled source 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: Climate TRACE; fuel: Climate TRACE
In context: how this plant compares
At 25 MW, Nanchuan Heart River 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.
~112,743 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.
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
- 137 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 Chongqing Nanchuan Aixi Electric Co Ltd.
Local climate & thermal context
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 29.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 15% 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: 44/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
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 #1905 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
- Shuijiang Zutuan power station · Coal · 350 MW · Chongqing Shi
- Chongqing Nanchuan power station · Gas · 700 MW · Chongqing
- Baitao cogen power station · Coal · 100 MW · Chongqing Shi
- Baitao Industrial Park Heat Island Center power station · Coal · 100 MW · Chongqing Shi
- Baitao cogen power station · Coal · 220 MW · Chongqing Shi
- Fuling Baitao power station · Gas · 980 MW · Chongqing
Location
Coordinates 29.2707, 107.2619 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Nanchuan Heart River power station?
Nanchuan Heart River power station is a 25 MW coal power plant in Chongqing Shi, China, commissioned in 1998.
Who operates Nanchuan Heart River power station?
Nanchuan Heart River power station is operated by Chongqing Nanchuan Aixi Electric Co Ltd.
How much CO₂ does Nanchuan Heart River power station emit?
Nanchuan Heart River power station has modelled emissions of about 112,743 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).