Zhanjiang Coal is a 1,320 MW coal power station in Guangdong, China. It is operated by Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.7 million homes (estimated). It ranks #613 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1995, it is around 31 years old — long-established. 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 WRI1070299.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000100424; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 1,320 MW, Zhanjiang Coal is well above the median coal plant in China (700 MW). 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
- 97 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 Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd. All plants by this company →
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 21.3°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 95% 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: 16/100 — 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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #442 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
- Zhanjiang Aoliyou power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Guangdong
- China Resources Potou District Power station · Gas · 240 MW · Guangdong
- Zhanjiang Disaster Protection power station · Gas · 580 MW · Guangdong
- Huarun Guangdong Zhanjiang Donghaidao power station · Gas · 920 MW · Guangdong
- Guangdong Zhanjiang (Yuedian) power station · Biomass · 100 MW · Guangdong
- Huaneng Zhanjiang Nansan (Haifeng) Wind · Wind · 50 MW · Guangdong
Location
Coordinates 21.3102, 110.4095 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Zhanjiang Coal?
Zhanjiang Coal is a 1,320 MW coal power plant in Guangdong, China, commissioned in 1995.
Who operates Zhanjiang Coal?
Zhanjiang Coal is operated by Guangdong Electric Power Development Co Ltd.