Qingshuihe captive power station — China

Qingshuihe captive power station is a 750 MW coal power station in Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, China. It is operated by Xingyi Yangguang Assets Mgmt. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 939k homes (estimated). It ranks #1150 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. 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 WRI1075703.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000100505; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 750 MW, Qingshuihe captive power station is around 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.

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

1,021 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 Xingyi Yangguang Assets Mgmt.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 25.3°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 56% 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: 27/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), 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 #789 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

• Qingshuihe cogen power station · Coal · 700 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Xingyi power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Weshe power station · Coal · 730 MW · Guizhou
• Xingyi Zhengluwan power station · Coal · 700 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Diandong power station · Coal · 2,400 MW · Yunnan
• Guizhou Louxiahe Small · Hydro · 9 MW · Yunnan

Location

Coordinates 25.2818, 104.8661 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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