Zhaoyuan Linglong cogen power station is a 50 MW coal power plant in Shandong Sheng, China. It is operated by Zhaoyuan Linglong Thermal Power Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 63k homes (estimated). It ranks #3481 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2022, it is around 4 years old — recently built. 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 CT-3404.
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 · L100000104472; fuel: Climate TRACE
In context: how this plant compares
At 50 MW, Zhaoyuan Linglong cogen power station is below 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
- 1,286 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 Zhaoyuan Linglong Thermal Power Co Ltd.
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.4°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 17% above 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: 59/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 thermal cycling 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 #1817 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
- Zhaoyuan Kairun Natural Gas Thermal power station · Gas · 800 MW · Shandong
- Zhaoyuan nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 6,900 MW · Shandong
- Datang Zhaoyuan Jinling Phase 1 · Wind · 49 MW · Shandong Sheng
- Shandong Longjoin Zhaoyuan Phase 1 · Wind · 49 MW · Shandong Sheng
- Shandong Changdao Wind · Wind · 27 MW · Shandong Sheng
- Nanshan Thermal power station · Coal · 420 MW · Shandong Sheng
Location
Coordinates 37.3888, 120.4365 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Zhaoyuan Linglong cogen power station?
Zhaoyuan Linglong cogen power station is a 50 MW coal power plant in Shandong Sheng, China, commissioned in 2022.
Who operates Zhaoyuan Linglong cogen power station?
Zhaoyuan Linglong cogen power station is operated by Zhaoyuan Linglong Thermal Power Co Ltd.