Shanxi Pinglu Baiyushan is a 350 MW wind power station in Inner Mongolia, China. It is operated by China Datang Corporation Renewable Power Co Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 298k homes (estimated). It ranks #1825 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.7% 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 WRI1072414.
Data status
Known data
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 350 MW for Shanxi Pinglu Baiyushan wind farm, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000901666; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 350 MW, Shanxi Pinglu Baiyushan is well above the median wind plant in China (49 MW). Technically it is described as Onshore. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of China wind capacity
- 0.7% of 52,236 MW across 835 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 399 of 471 dated wind 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 wind plants in China
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by China Datang Corporation Renewable Power Co Ltd [100%].
Local climate & thermal context
This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 39.7°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 78% above 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: 89/100 — this site sits in the top 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 a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion 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 #4 largest wind power plant of 835 in China by capacity.
China has 835 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 52,236 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Huineng Changtan power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Shanxi Sheng
- Junggar Suancigou power station · Coal · 1,920 MW · Inner Mongolia
- Jingtai Zhungeer Suancigou power station · Coal · 600 MW · Inner Mongolia
- Zhunda power station · Coal · 600 MW · Inner Mongolia
- Zhunger Heidaigou power station · Coal · 2,000 MW · Inner Mongolia
- Madiliang Coal Mine power station · Coal · 2,000 MW · Inner Mongolia
Location
Coordinates 39.6528, 111.1028 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Shanxi Pinglu Baiyushan?
Shanxi Pinglu Baiyushan is a 350 MW wind power plant in Inner Mongolia, China, commissioned in 2015.
Who operates Shanxi Pinglu Baiyushan?
Shanxi Pinglu Baiyushan is operated by China Datang Corporation Renewable Power Co Ltd [100%].