Ningxia Zhongning-2 power station is a 660 MW coal power station in Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China. It is operated by Ningxia Zhongning-1 Power Station. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 826k homes (estimated). It ranks #1438 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2006, it is around 20 years old — relatively modern. Its modelled annual emissions are 2,549,600 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 594k 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 WRI1070192.
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
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000101208; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 660 MW, Ningxia Zhongning-2 power station is around 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.
~2,549,600 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
- 417 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 Ningxia Zhongning-1 Power Station.
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.6°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 40% above 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: 74/100 — this site sits in the top 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 benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion 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 #1062 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
- Zhongning C · Solar · 30 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
- Tianyuan Manganese power station · Coal · 700 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
- Zhongning B · Solar · 60 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
- Zhongning G · Solar · 25 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
- Zhongning CPI · Solar · 16.4 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
- Zhongning CPI I · Solar · 10 MW · Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
Location
Coordinates 37.59, 105.706 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Ningxia Zhongning-2 power station?
Ningxia Zhongning-2 power station is a 660 MW coal power plant in Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China, commissioned in 2006.
Who operates Ningxia Zhongning-2 power station?
Ningxia Zhongning-2 power station is operated by Ningxia Zhongning-1 Power Station.
How much CO₂ does Ningxia Zhongning-2 power station emit?
Ningxia Zhongning-2 power station has modelled emissions of about 2,549,600 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).