Yunan power station is a 1,880 MW gas power station in Guangdong, China. It ranks #434 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 3.2% 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 GOGPT_yunan_china.
Data status
Known data
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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: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 1,880 MW, Yunan power station is well above the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #25 largest gas power plant of 595 in China by capacity.
China has 595 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 333,508 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Huahai Energy Deqing Gas Thermal power station · Gas · 240 MW · Guangdong
- Zhaoqing nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 7,000 MW · Guangdong
- Nanjiangkou Small Yunan County · Hydro · 12 MW · Guangdong
- Guangxi Wuzhou power station · Biomass · 30 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
- Changzhou · Hydro · 630 MW · Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
- Guangxi Chiji Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. Gas Power Project · Gas · 360 MW · Guangxi
Location
Coordinates 23.2352923, 111.5745036 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Yunan power station?
Yunan power station is a 1,880 MW gas power plant in Guangdong, China.