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Shanghai Caojing power station

Jinshan District, China

The 380th largest power station in the world

2 GW · Capacity

The Shanghai Caojing Power Station is a coal-fired power station in Jinshan District, Shanghai, China. The plant has an installed capacity of 2,000 MW. The station generates energy by two 1,000 MW units, which is fuelled by coal. The plant has a 210-metre chimney on-site. The plant is operated by State Power Investment Corporation and Shanghai Electric and was created as a supporting project for Expo 2010 Shanghai China.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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