Zhongyang power station is a 700 MW coal power station in Shanxi, China. It ranks #1383 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. 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 GEM_coa_zhongyang_china.
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
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 700 MW, Zhongyang power station is around the median coal plant in China (700 MW). Technically it is described as supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #1010 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
- Zhongrun Xing County power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Shanxi
- Shanxi Lülin power station · Coal · 700 MW · Shanxi Sheng
- Wangjialing Gangue power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Shanxi Sheng
- Shendong Baode power station · Coal · 270 MW · Shanxi Sheng
- Baode Coalbed Methane power station · Gas · 144 MW · Shanxi Sheng
- Tongde Aluminum power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Shanxi
Location
Coordinates 38.379814, 111.124713 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Zhongyang power station?
Zhongyang power station is a 700 MW coal power plant in Shanxi, China.