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XiAn Xijiao power station

Coal power plant in Shaanxi, China. Approximate location 34.2583, 108.8451.

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XiAn Xijiao power station is a 100 MW coal power station in Shaanxi, China. It is operated by Xian Xijiao Heating Co. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 125,142 homes (estimated). It ranks #1965 of 5,959 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2002, it is around 24 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).

100MW installed capacity
125,142homes powered (est.)
2002commissioned (~24 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1075756.

~438,000 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

102,098passenger cars driven for a year
57,121homes' yearly energy use
7,300,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 50% load factor × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in China

East Hope Metals Wucaiwan power station: 7,000 MW7kEast Hope …Datang Tuoketuo power station: 6,720 MW7kDatang Tuo…Togtoh power station: 6,720 MW7kTogtoh pow…Waigaoqiao power station: 5,240 MW5kWaigaoqiao…Guodian Beilun power station: 5,060 MW5kGuodian Be…Guohua Taishan power station: 5,000 MW5kGuohua Tai…Jiaxing power station: 5,000 MW5kJiaxing po…CPI Pingwei power station: 4,540 MW5kCPI Pingwe…

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

Owner

Operated by Xian Xijiao Heating Co.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 34.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.7°Cannual mean temp
2,316heating degree-days (base 18°C)
784cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
413 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 3 °CFM: 8 °CMA: 15 °CAM: 20 °CMJ: 24 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 14 °CON: 7 °CND: 2 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 6% below 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: 48/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1209 largest coal power plant of 1434 in China by capacity.

China has 1434 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 1,249,175 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 34.2583, 108.8451 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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