Tongliang District Distributed Energy Station is a 300 MW gas power station in Chongqing, China. It ranks #1917 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. 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_tongliangdistrictdistr_china.
Data status
Known data
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 300 MW, Tongliang District Distributed Energy Station is around the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #295 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.
Nearby power plants
- Chongqing Tongliang power station · Gas · 2,800 MW · Chongqing
- Hechuan Distributed Gas power station · Gas · 80 MW · Chongqing
- Caojie On Jiangling River Chongqing City · Hydro · 500 MW · Chongqing Shi
- Huadian Chongqing Tongnan power station · Gas · 2,093.4 MW · Chongqing
- Chongqing Beibei power station · Biomass · 24 MW · Chongqing Shi
- Liangjiang · Gas · 934 MW · Chongqing Shi
Location
Coordinates 29.8449786, 106.0563783 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Tongliang District Distributed Energy Station?
Tongliang District Distributed Energy Station is a 300 MW gas power plant in Chongqing, China.