Shijiazhuang Cogen power station — China

Shijiazhuang Cogen power station is a 600 MW coal power station in Hebei, China. It ranks #1604 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2003, it is around 23 years old — relatively modern. 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-2725.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000100564; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 600 MW, Shijiazhuang Cogen power station is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1214 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

• Shijiazhuang - Luhua Coal · Coal · 660 MW · Hebei
• Huadian Yuhua Thermal power station · Gas · 800 MW · Hebei
• Hebei Lingda · Gas · 12 MW · Hebei
• Hebei Shijiazhuang (CECEP) power station · Biomass · 36 MW · Hebei
• Hebei Yuanshi power station · Biomass · 19.5 MW · Hebei
• Huadian Shijiazhuang Thermal power station · Gas · 906 MW · Henan Sheng

Location

Coordinates 37.9514, 114.5137 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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