Yunnan Luxi Dongshan Wind is a 40 MW wind power plant in Yunnan, China. It is operated by Sinohydro Group Windpower Luxi. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 34k homes (estimated). It ranks #4153 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2012, it is around 14 years old — relatively modern. 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 WRI1072090.
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 · L100000903441; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 40 MW, Yunnan Luxi Dongshan Wind is below the median wind plant in China (49 MW). Technically it is described as Onshore. 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
- Age among peers
- 239 of 471 dated wind 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 wind plants in China
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Sinohydro Group Windpower Luxi.
Local climate & thermal context
This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 24.5°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 56% 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: 27/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 humidity / wetness 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 #746 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
- Yunnan Luxi Liziqing Wind · Wind · 49 MW · Yunnan
- Yunnan Luxi Donghua Wind · Wind · 32 MW · Yunnan
- Maoyandong Stage 4 Luxi County · Hydro · 15 MW · Yunnan
- Yunnan Heier · Hydro · 25 MW · Yunnan
- Yunnan Luliang Damogu Wind · Wind · 50 MW · Yunnan
- Shilin · Solar · 10 MW · Yunnan
Location
Coordinates 24.542, 103.867 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Yunnan Luxi Dongshan Wind?
Yunnan Luxi Dongshan Wind is a 40 MW wind power plant in Yunnan, China, commissioned in 2012.
Who operates Yunnan Luxi Dongshan Wind?
Yunnan Luxi Dongshan Wind is operated by Sinohydro Group Windpower Luxi.