Shantou Wanfeng power station is a 120 MW coal power station in Guangdong, China. It is operated by Shantou Special Economic Zone Wanfeng Thermal Power Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 150k homes (estimated). It ranks #2463 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1993, it is around 33 years old — long-established. 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 CT-4246.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM wiki unit-level table, historical/all-units fallback when no operating units, fetched 2026-07-05; fuel: Climate TRACE
In context: how this plant compares
At 120 MW, Shantou Wanfeng power station is below 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
- 82 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 Shantou Special Economic Zone Wanfeng Thermal Power Co Ltd.
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 23.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 86% 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: 19/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #1592 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
- Guangdong Nanao Huaneng Wind · Wind · 45 MW · Guangdong
- Shantou Gas Thermal power station · Gas · 920 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Shantou power station · Biomass · 75 MW · Guangdong
- Huaneng Shantou power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Chao'an power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Shantou Chenghai District power station · Biomass · 41.5 MW · Guangdong
Location
Coordinates 23.4008, 116.6693 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Shantou Wanfeng power station?
Shantou Wanfeng power station is a 120 MW coal power plant in Guangdong, China, commissioned in 1993.
Who operates Shantou Wanfeng power station?
Shantou Wanfeng power station is operated by Shantou Special Economic Zone Wanfeng Thermal Power Co Ltd.