Xinjiang Dabancheng Sanchang First Phase is a 30 MW wind power plant in Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, China. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 26k homes (estimated). It ranks #4491 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.7% 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 WRI1070970.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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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: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 30 MW, Xinjiang Dabancheng Sanchang First Phase is below the median wind plant in China (49 MW). Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of China wind capacity
- less than 0.1% of 52,236 MW across 835 plants in this dataset
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest wind plants in China
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Local climate & thermal context
This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 151% above 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: 98/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion 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 #792 largest wind power plant of 835 in China by capacity.
China has 835 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 52,236 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Wulabo Wind · Wind · 30 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
- Tuoli Wind · Wind · 30 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
- Cecep Urumqi Tuoli200Mw Phase 2 Wind · Wind · 49 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
- Urumuqi Huanpeng power station · Coal · 60 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
- Xinjiang Dabancheng Sanchang Phase 4 Wind · Wind · 49 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
- Chaiwopu · Wind · 82.8 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
Location
Coordinates 43.31, 87.51 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Xinjiang Dabancheng Sanchang First Phase?
Xinjiang Dabancheng Sanchang First Phase is a 30 MW wind power plant in Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, China.