Zhong'an United Coal Chemical Panji power station — China

Zhong'an United Coal Chemical Panji power station is a 150 MW coal power station in Anhui Sheng, China. It is operated by Zhong An United Coal Chemical Co Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 188k homes (estimated). It ranks #2319 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2019, it is around 7 years old — recently built. Its modelled annual emissions are 630,680 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 147k cars driven for a year. 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-3157.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000100251; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 150 MW, Zhong'an United Coal Chemical Panji power station is below the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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.

~630,680 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

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

1,197 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 Zhong An United Coal Chemical 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 humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 32.7°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 22% 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: 42/100 — 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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), 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 #1553 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

• CPI Pingwei power station · Coal · 4,540 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Anhui Huainan (Wanneng) power station · Biomass · 24 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Huainan Tianji power station · Coal · 2,580 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Huainan Xinzhuangzi power station · Coal · 300 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Huainan Floating 2 · Solar · 40 MW · Anhui Sheng
• Huainan Floating 1 · Solar · 20 MW · Anhui Sheng

Location

Coordinates 32.7026, 116.8764 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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