Datang Tuoketuo power station is the largest operational coal power plant in China as of 2021, with a capacity of roughly 6.7 gigawatts. This power plant is owned by Datang International Power Generation Co, and is also the largest coal power plant in the world. In fact, China houses six out of the ten largest coal power plants globally.
Largest operational coal power plants by capacity in China as of 2021
(in megawatts)
Characteristic
Capacity in megawatts
Datang Tuoketuo power station (Datang International Power Generation Co)
6,720
Waigaoqiao power station (Shenergy Company Ltd)
5,240
Beilun power station (Guodian Power Development Co)
5,060
Jiaxing power station (Zhejiang Zheneng Elec Pow Co)
5,030
Guohua Taishan power station (China Shenhua Energy Co Guohua Electric Power Branch)
5,000
Yangxi Zhujiang power station (Yangxi Haibin Electric Power Development Co)
5,000
Zouxian power station (Huadian Power International Corp)
4,575
CPI Pingwei power station (China Power International Development Ltd)
4,540
Huaneng Qinbei power station (Huaneng Power International Henan Branch)
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Global Energy Monitor. (September 15, 2021). Largest operational coal power plants by capacity in China as of 2021 (in megawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 24, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264202/largest-operational-coal-power-plants-by-capacity-in-china/
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