Shantou Gas Thermal power station is a 920 MW gas power station in Guangdong, China. It ranks #1047 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. 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_shantou_china.
Data status
Known data
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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 GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 920 MW, Shantou Gas Thermal power station is well above the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Shanghai Electric: 9F. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #151 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.
Nearby power plants
- Shantou Wanfeng power station · Coal · 120 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Nanao Huaneng Wind · Wind · 45 MW · Guangdong
- Huaneng Shantou power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Shantou power station · Biomass · 75 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Shantou Chenghai District power station · Biomass · 41.5 MW · Guangdong
- Shantou Chenghai Jieyuan Municipal Solid Waste · Gas · 15 MW · Guangdong
Location
Coordinates 23.41773338, 116.7300779 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
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Shantou Gas Thermal power station is a 920 MW gas power plant in Guangdong, China.