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Quang Ninh 1

Coal power plant in Quang Ninh, Vietnam. Approximate location 21.0118, 107.13.

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Quang Ninh 1 is a 1,200 MW coal power station in Quang Ninh, Vietnam. It is operated by Vietnam Electricity (EVN). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1,501,714 homes (estimated). It ranks #9 of 236 Vietnam power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 48.1% of Vietnam's electricity; the national grid averages 461 gCO₂/kWh (45.4% low-carbon) (2025).

1,200MW installed capacity
1,501,714homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1030765.

~5,256,000 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,225,175passenger cars driven for a year
685,446homes' yearly energy use
87,600,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 50% load factor × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Vietnam

Vung Ang I: 1,245 MW1kVung Ang IDuyen Hai 1: 1,244 MW1kDuyen Hai 1Vinh Tan 2: 1,244 MW1kVinh Tan 2Quang Ninh 1: 1,200 MW1kQuang Ninh…Mong Duong 2: 1,120 MW1kMong Duong…Mong Duong 1: 1,080 MW1kMong Duong…Uong Bi: 735 MW735Uong BiDuyen Hai 3: 622 MW622Duyen Hai 3

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Vietnam Electricity (EVN). All plants by this company →

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 (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

23.1°Cannual mean temp
90heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,971cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
42 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 16 °CJF: 17 °CFM: 19 °CMA: 23 °CAM: 26 °CMJ: 28 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 25 °CON: 21 °CND: 18 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 96% 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: 15/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest coal power plant of 24 in Vietnam by capacity.

Vietnam has 24 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 14,125 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 21.0118, 107.13 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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