Xinjiang Hotan (Gaoneng) power station — China

Xinjiang Hotan (Gaoneng) power station is a 18 MW biomass power plant in Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, China. It is operated by Beijing High Energy Era Environmental Technology Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 25k homes (estimated). It ranks #5587 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 2.0% 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 CT-4066.

Data provenance

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

capacity: Climate TRACE; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 18 MW, Xinjiang Hotan (Gaoneng) power station is below the median biomass plant in China (30 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.

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

Key facts

Share of China biomass capacity

less than 0.1% of 30,108 MW across 981 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 biomass plants in China

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

Owner

Operated by Beijing High Energy Era Environmental Technology Co Ltd.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.2°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 12% 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: 56/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #679 largest biomass power plant of 981 in China by capacity.

China has 981 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 30,108 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Hotan power station · Coal · 350 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
• Huawei Hetian power station · Coal · 270 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
• Xinjiang Hetian Gas power station · Gas · 50 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
• Zhongdiantou Hetian · Solar · 20 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
• Buzhake D · Solar · 10 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
• Buzhake A · Solar · 20 MW · Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu

Location

Coordinates 37.2422, 79.9925 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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