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Subogaixiang A

Solar power plant in Inner Mongolia, China. Approximate location 40.563, 110.628.

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Subogaixiang A is a 35 MW solar power plant in Inner Mongolia, China. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 15k homes (estimated). It ranks #4266 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 11.1% of China's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (41.7% low-carbon) (2025).

35Legacy source-record capacity
14,892homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WKS0070095.

Data status

Known data

FacilitySubogaixiang A WRI
CountryChina · Inner Mongolia WRI
Coordinates40.563, 110.628 WRI
FuelSolar WRI
MW installed capacity35 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#4266 of 6685 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#431 of 1318 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.75× · 20 MW median · 1318 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent14,892 calculated
Climate5.4°C · HDD 4,789 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC1 · 43/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 35 MW, Subogaixiang A is well above the median solar plant in China (20 MW). Solar PV converts sunlight directly into electricity with no moving parts or fuel; output varies by time of day and weather, so it pairs with storage or flexible backup.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Capacity vs largest solar plants in China

Datong TopRunner: 1,000 MW1kDatong Top…Ili Kazakh I: 1,000 MW1kIli Kazakh…Yanchi: 1,000 MW1kYanchiToksun: 971 MW971ToksunHongshagang: 820 MW820HongshagangLongyangxia Solar-Hydro II: 530 MW530Longyangxi…Alashan 1p3: 500 MW500Alashan 1p3DhSP} CTGNE: 500 MW500DhSP} CTGNE

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 40.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

5.4°Cannual mean temp
4,789heating degree-days (base 18°C)
220cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,129 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -14 °CJF: -9 °CFM: -1 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 7 °CON: -4 °CND: -13 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 95% 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: 93/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Solar PV loses ~0.35%/°C above 25°C cell temperature — roughly 0.0% at warm-season highs here (estimate).

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

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 thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

C1ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
43/100environmental-severity index
35.9°Cseasonal temperature swing
643 kmdistance to coast

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #431 largest solar power plant of 1318 in China by capacity.

China has 1318 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 54,823 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 40.563, 110.628 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Subogaixiang A?

Subogaixiang A is a 35 MW source-record solar power plant in Inner Mongolia, China.

How many homes can Subogaixiang A power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 14,892 homes (estimated).

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