Xiangzhou nuclear power plant — China

Xiangzhou nuclear power plant is a 2,000 MW nuclear power station in Guangxi, China. It ranks #406 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 4.6% 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_nuc_xiangzhou_china.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (cancelled); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 2,000 MW, Xiangzhou nuclear power plant is below the median nuclear plant in China (5,000 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Cancelled” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #62 largest nuclear power plant of 72 in China by capacity.

China has 72 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 313,184 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Guangxi Changtang · Hydro · 9 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Guangxi Xiangzhou power station · Biomass · 50 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Laibin Sanjiangkou Industrial Park cogen power station · Coal · 40 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Honghua · Hydro · 228 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Guangxi Liuzhou power station · Biomass · 60 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Guangxi Sanjiangkou New District cogen power station · Coal · 150 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu

Location

Coordinates 23.9968, 109.6758 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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