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Power plants in Azerbaijan

A directory of 14 power plants in Azerbaijan with a combined installed capacity of 5,764 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

14power plants
5,764MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Azerbaijan)

Gas: 8 plants8GasHydro: 5 plants5HydroOil: 1 plants1Oil

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Azerbaijan electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

632gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
12.1%low-carbon electricity
12.1%renewables
87.9%fossil fuels
Gas: 88 % of electricity88GasHydro: 12 % of electricity12HydroBioenergy: 0 % of electricity0BioenergyWind: 0 % of electricity0WindOil: 0 % of electricity0Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Azerbaijan

#PlantFuelMW
1Azerbaijan TPPOil2,400
2JanubGas780
3SumqayitGas525
4ShamkirHydro405
5MingechevirHydro402
6ShimalGas400
7Sangachal ESGas299
8YenikendHydro150
9Baku TECGas107
10Baku ESGas105
11Astara ESGas87
12Khachmaz ESGas87
13VarvaraHydro16
14GusarHydro1

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