Zhaoqing nuclear power plant — China

Zhaoqing nuclear power plant is a 7,000 MW nuclear power station in Guangdong, China. It ranks #17 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 4.6% 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 GEM_nuc_zhaoqing_china.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (cancelled); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 7,000 MW, Zhaoqing nuclear power plant is well above the median nuclear plant in China (5,000 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Cancelled” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #12 largest nuclear power plant of 72 in China by capacity.

China has 72 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 313,184 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Huahai Energy Deqing Gas Thermal power station · Gas · 240 MW · Guangdong
• Nanjiangkou Small Yunan County · Hydro · 12 MW · Guangdong
• Liudu Town power station · Gas · 240 MW · Guangdong
• China Energy Yunfu power station · Coal · 2,000 MW · Guangdong
• Yunan power station · Gas · 1,880 MW · Guangdong
• Yunfu power station · Coal · 1,120 MW · Guangdong

Location

Coordinates 23.1617, 111.8508 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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