Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balkhash nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 4,800 |
| 2 | Ekibastuz-1 power station | Coal | 4,000 |
| 3 | Kurchatov nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 2,400 |
| 4 | Ulken nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 2,400 |
| 5 | Aksu power station | Coal | 2,210 |
| 6 | Balkhash Ulken power station | Coal | 1,320 |
| 7 | MAEK-Kazatoprom TPP-2 | Coal | 1,255 |
| 8 | OJSC Zhambyl GRES | Coal | 1,230 |
| 9 | Zhambyl GRES power station | Gas | 1,230 |
| 10 | Topar power station | Coal | 1,179 |
| 11 | Kyzylorda 2 power station | Gas | 1,100 |
| 12 | Almaty-2 power station | Gas | 1,068 |
| 13 | Ekibastuz-2 power station | Coal | 1,000 |
| 14 | Turkistan power station | Gas | 926 |
| 15 | Pavlodar TPP-1 | Coal | 855 |
| 16 | MAEK 3 power station | Gas | 855 |
| 17 | Shulbinskaya HPP | Hydro | 720 |
| 18 | Shymkent CHP-3 power station | Gas | 716 |
| 19 | Kurchatov power station | Coal | 700 |
| 20 | MAEK 2 power station | Gas | 685 |
There are 80 power plants in Kazakhstan in this open dataset, with about 46,863 MW of total capacity.
Balkhash nuclear power plant is the largest at about 4,800 MW (nuclear).
The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (35 plants), across 5 fuel types in total.
Kazakhstan's grid carbon intensity is about 805 gCO₂/kWh, with 14.9% 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)).
Power plants in Kazakhstan