Qingzhen power station is a 658 MW coal power station in Guizhou, China. It is operated by Guizhou Huadian Qingzhen Power Generation Co Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 823k homes (estimated). It ranks #1481 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1970, it is around 56 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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_qingzhen_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 658 MW, Qingzhen 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.
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
- 7 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 Guizhou Huadian Qingzhen Power Generation 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 humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 26.5°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 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 #1102 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
- Guizhou Qingzhen (Haichuang) power station · Biomass · 12 MW · Guizhou Sheng
- Guiyang power station · Coal · 600 MW · Guizhou
- Guizhou Guiyang power station · Biomass · 60 MW · Guizhou Sheng
- Guizhou Guiyang Huaxi power station · Biomass · 49 MW · Guizhou Sheng
- Yingzidu Dam · Hydro · 360 MW · Guizhou Sheng
- Ziqiang · Hydro · 18 MW · Guizhou Sheng
Location
Coordinates 26.5138975, 106.4464986 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Qingzhen power station?
Qingzhen power station is a 658 MW coal power plant in Guizhou, China, commissioned in 1970.
Who operates Qingzhen power station?
Qingzhen power station is operated by Guizhou Huadian Qingzhen Power Generation Co Ltd [100%].