Shanxi Gaoyi Steel Co., Ltd. power project is a 80 MW gas power plant in Shanxi, China. It is operated by Shanxi Gaoyi Steel Co Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 90k homes (estimated). It ranks #2850 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2023, it is around 3 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_shanxigaoyisteel_china.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408712; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 80 MW, Shanxi Gaoyi Steel Co., Ltd. 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 Shanxi Gaoyi 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 cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 35.6°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 benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion 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 #472 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 35.588321, 111.259048 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Shanxi Gaoyi Steel Co., Ltd. power project is a 80 MW gas power plant in Shanxi, China, commissioned in 2023.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 90,102 homes (estimated).
Shanxi Gaoyi Steel Co., Ltd. power project is operated by Shanxi Gaoyi Steel Co Ltd [100%].
