Yanzhou Yinhe power station is a 50 MW coal power plant in Shandong Sheng, China. It is operated by Yanzhou Yinhe Electric POWER Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 63k homes (estimated). It ranks #3493 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 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 CT-3419.
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
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000104961; fuel: Climate TRACE
In context: how this plant compares
At 50 MW, Yanzhou Yinhe power station is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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
- less than 0.1% of 1,882,493 MW across 1,907 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 985 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 Yanzhou Yinhe Electric POWER Co Ltd.
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 35.5°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 3% 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: 49/100 — 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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling 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 #1828 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
- Taiyang Mill power station · Coal · 360 MW · Shandong Sheng
- Huaneng Jining Gaoxin cogen power station · Coal · 700 MW · Shandong Sheng
- Shandong Jining Rencheng District power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Shandong Sheng
- SGCC Jiezhuang power station · Coal · 2,400 MW · Shandong
- Nantun Mine power station · Coal · 100 MW · Shandong Sheng
- Shandong Luxi power station · Coal · 600 MW · Shandong Sheng
Location
Coordinates 35.5015, 116.7854 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Yanzhou Yinhe power station?
Yanzhou Yinhe power station is a 50 MW coal power plant in Shandong Sheng, China, commissioned in 2014.
Who operates Yanzhou Yinhe power station?
Yanzhou Yinhe power station is operated by Yanzhou Yinhe Electric POWER Co Ltd.