Shandong Iron and Steel Co Ltd Laiwu Branch power project is a 140 MW gas power station in Shandong, China. It is operated by Shandong Iron and Steel Co Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 158k homes (estimated). It ranks #2361 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2022, it is around 4 years old — recently built. 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 GOGPT_shandongironandsteella_china.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100001018013; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 140 MW, Shandong Iron and Steel Co Ltd Laiwu Branch power project is below the median gas plant in China (283.5 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Shandong Iron and Steel Co Ltd [100%].
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 36.1°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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), 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 #407 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 36.087717, 117.827927 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Shandong Iron and Steel Co Ltd Laiwu Branch power project is a 140 MW gas power plant in Shandong, China, commissioned in 2022.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 157,680 homes (estimated).
Shandong Iron and Steel Co Ltd Laiwu Branch power project is operated by Shandong Iron and Steel Co Ltd [100%].
