Rizhao Xuri Power Generation Co., Ltd. power project is a 405 MW gas power station in Shandong Sheng, China. It is operated by Rizhao Xuri Power Generation Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 456k homes (estimated). It ranks #1750 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2021, it is around 5 years old — recently built. Its modelled annual emissions are 471,040 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 110k cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 3.2% 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-3211.
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capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000408704); fuel: Climate TRACE source-record fuel
At 405 MW, Rizhao Xuri Power Generation Co., Ltd. power project is well above the median gas plant in China (284 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Rizhao Xuri Power Generation Co Ltd.
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 35.1°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).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
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.
The #250 largest gas power plant of 595 in China by capacity.
China has 595 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 333,508 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 35.148927, 119.369036 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Rizhao Xuri Power Generation Co., Ltd. power project is a 405 MW source-record gas power plant in Shandong Sheng, China, commissioned in 2021.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 456,145 homes (estimated).
Rizhao Xuri Power Generation Co., Ltd. power project is operated by Rizhao Xuri Power Generation Co Ltd.
Rizhao Xuri Power Generation Co., Ltd. power project has modelled emissions of about 471,040 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).
