Wenshan Funing power station — China

Wenshan Funing power station is a 660 MW coal power station in Yunnan, China. It ranks #1478 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. 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 GEM_coa_wenshanfuning_china.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 660 MW, Wenshan Funing power station is around the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #1101 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

• Yunnan Funing County Langheng First Cascade Hydro · Hydro · 18 MW · Ha Giang
• Funing County Gula Township Nalin · Hydro · 12 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Funing County Baida · Hydro · 12 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Guangxi Baise Tianlin Dongba · Hydro · 72 MW · Yunnan
• Nho Que 3 · Hydro · 110 MW · Ha Giang
• Guangxi Nabi · Hydro · 48 MW · Yunnan

Location

Coordinates 23.632003, 105.643816 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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