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Asset classes
- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Power Plant
Xinjiang Gurbantünggüt Desert Renewables Base Qitai solar farms
670th-largest power plant in China of 11,537 · top 7% worldwide (#1,906 of 29,849)
- Owner
- Changji Gurbantünggüt Desert Base New Energy Development LTD Anhui Energy Branch Co
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 1,700 MW
- Fuel
- solar
- Commissioned
- 2025
Comparable power plants · China · 11,537 ranked
- #1Motuo hydroelectric plant60.0 GW · hydro
- #668Inner Mongolia Alxa League Renewable Power to Wuhai solar farm1.7 GW · solar
- #669Inner Mongolia Kubuqi Desert Base Ordos New Energy 1700 MW solar farm1.7 GW · solar
- #670Xinjiang Gurbantünggüt Desert Renewables Base Qitai solar farms1.7 GW · solar
- #671Guangdong Yuedong 001 Offshore wind farm1.7 GW · wind
- #672Inner Mongolia Wulanchabu New Generation Grid Friendly Green Windpower Station1.7 GW · wind
Grid connection · within 50 km
- Nearest substation
- 昌吉换流站
- Its voltage
- 1,100 kV
- Distance
- 41 km
- Strongest line nearby
- 1,100 kV HVDC
- Substations in range
- 2
Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- 750 kV line8.5 km · Transmission Line
- 昌吉-古泉高压直流12 km · Transmission Line
- Xinjiang Coal-to-Gas Pipeline — Zhundong Branch14 km · Pipeline
- Xinjiang Gurbantünggüt Desert Renewables Base Qitai solar farms18 km · Power Plant · 1.2 GW · solar
- 750kV国网能源准东电厂—昌吉换流站20 km · Transmission Line
- Xinjiang Zhundong Xiheishan Source-Grid-Load-Storage wind farm23 km · Power Plant · 310 MW · wind
- Xinjiang Qitai (GCL) Coal Power Plant Flexible Operation wind farm24 km · Power Plant · 350 MW · wind
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)