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Power plants in Belarus

A directory of 29 power plants in Belarus with a combined installed capacity of 14,363 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

29power plants
14,363MW total capacity
4fuel types
0with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Belarus)

Gas: 18 plants18GasSolar: 7 plants7SolarCoal: 2 plants2CoalNuclear: 2 plants2Nuclear

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

Belarus electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

309gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
41.4%low-carbon electricity
4.8%renewables
58.6%fossil fuels
Gas: 54 % of electricity54GasNuclear: 37 % of electricity37NuclearOil: 4 % of electricity4OilHydro: 2 % of electricity2HydroWind: 1 % of electricity1WindBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1BioenergySolar: 1 % of electricity1Solar

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

Largest plants in Belarus

#PlantFuelMW
1Lukoml Thermal Power Plant BelarusGas2,460
2Astravets nuclear power plantNuclear2,388
3Minsk nuclear power plantNuclear2,000
4Bereza SDPP Thermal Power Plant BelarusGas1,130
5Minsk-4 CHP CCGT Power PlantGas1,030
6Zelwa power stationCoal1,000
7Minsk-5 CHP CCGT Power PlantGas780
8Gomel-2 CHP Power Plant BelarusGas544
9Minsk-3 CHP CCGT Power PlantGas512
10Novopolotsk Thermal Power Plant BelarusGas505
11Lelchitsy power stationCoal400
12Mogilev CHP-2 Thermal Power Plant UkraineGas345
13Mozyr Thermal Power Plant BelarusGas205
14Bobruisk CHP-2 Power Plant BelarusGas180
15Grodno CHP-2 Power Plant BelarusGas180
16Svetlogorsk CHP Power Plant BelarusGas155
17Blizhnyaya Rechitsa 2Solar109
18Vitebsk Thermal Power Plant BelarusGas75
19Orsha Cogeneration CCGT Power Plant BelarusGas73
20Borisov CHP power stationGas65

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Belarus?

There are 29 power plants in Belarus in this open dataset, with about 14,363 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Belarus?

Lukoml Thermal Power Plant Belarus is the largest at about 2,460 MW (gas).

What fuels generate electricity in Belarus?

The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (18 plants), across 4 fuel types in total.

How clean is Belarus's electricity grid?

Belarus's grid carbon intensity is about 309 gCO₂/kWh, with 41.4% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).