Wuhu power station — China

Wuhu power station is a 3,320 MW coal power station in Anhui, China. It is operated by Anhui Huadian Wuhu Power Co Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 4.2 million homes (estimated). It ranks #135 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2008, it is around 18 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 GEM_coa_wuhu_china.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 2,320 MW for Wuhu power station, 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 · L100000100218; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 3,320 MW, Wuhu power station is well above the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-supercritical. 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.

Key facts

Share of China coal capacity

0.2% of 1,882,493 MW across 1,907 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

596 of 1,446 dated coal 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 coal plants in China

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

Owner

Operated by Anhui Huadian Wuhu Power Co Ltd [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 31.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness 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 #71 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

• Huadian Wuhu power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Anhui Wuhu (Zhongdian) power station · Biomass · 24 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Wuhu Peaking power station · Gas · 900 MW · Anhui
• Anhui Nantian power station · Gas · 100 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Anhui Wuhu nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 5,000 MW · Anhui
• Eqiao · Solar · 100 MW · Anhui Sheng

Location

Coordinates 31.2374445, 118.1494403 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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