Yonghao Waste Coal power station — China

Yonghao Waste Coal power station is a 100 MW coal power station in Shanxi Sheng, China. It ranks #2659 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2007, it is around 19 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 WRI1070348.

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 100 MW, Yonghao Waste Coal power station is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1658 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

• Shanxi Yuguang power station · Coal · 600 MW · Shanxi Sheng
• Shanyin D · Solar · 20 MW · Shanxi Sheng
• Shuozhou · Solar · 50 MW · Shanxi Sheng
• Shanyin B · Solar · 50 MW · Shanxi Sheng
• Shanyin C · Solar · 30 MW · Shanxi Sheng
• Wangping power station · Coal · 440 MW · Shanxi Sheng

Location

Coordinates 39.6103, 112.7999 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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