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Guodian Beilun Power Station

Beilun District, China

The 55th largest power station in the world

5 GW · Capacity

The Guodian Beilun Power Station (pinyin: Guódiàn Běilún Fādiànchǎng) is a coal-fired power station in Beilun District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. With an installed capacity of 5,000 MW, it is the 7th largest coal-fired power station in the world. (It shares this title with the Jiaxing, Guohua Taishan, and Waigaoqiao power stations). The station generates energy by five 600 MW and two 1,000 MW units, which is fuelled by coal. Guodian Beilun Power Station is also the first power generation enterprise in China to use World Bank loans for construction.

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