Power Plant

Laxiwa hydroelectric plant

China

73rd-largest power plant in China of 11,537 · top 1% worldwide (#234 of 29,849)

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Operator: Laxiwa Power Generation Branch of Qinghai Upper Yellow River Hydropower Development
Owner: State Power Investment Group Upper Yellow River Hydropower Development Co Ltd
Status: operating
Capacity: 4,200 MW
Fuel: hydro
Commissioned: 2010

Comparable power plants · China · 11,537 ranked

#1Motuo hydroelectric plant60.0 GW · hydro
#71Houshi power station4.2 GW · coal
#72Yuhuan power station4.2 GW · coal
#73Laxiwa hydroelectric plant4.2 GW · hydro
#74Longpan hydroelectric plant4.2 GW · hydro
#75Maji hydroelectric plant4.2 GW · hydro

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Grid connection · within 50 km

Strongest line nearby: 750 kV
Substations in range: 0

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 line55 m · Transmission Line
Warang hydroelectric plant198 m · Power Plant · 2.8 GW · hydro
Warang hydroelectric plant198 m · Grid Storage · 2.8 GW
Nina hydroelectric plant7.2 km · Power Plant · 160 MW · hydro
Qinghai Guide Source/Grid/Load/Storage (China Energy Investment) wind and solar farm13 km · Power Plant · 800 MW · solar

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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)