What ranks first in largest power plants in kazakhstan by capacity?

Balkhash nuclear power plant (Kazakhstan) ranks #1 with 4,800 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 80 power plants in in Kazakhstan.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Balkhash nuclear power plant (4,800); 2. Ekibastuz-1 power station (4,000); 3. Kurchatov nuclear power plant (2,400).

Largest power plants in Kazakhstan by capacity

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	Balkhash nuclear power plant	Nuclear	Kazakhstan	4,800
2	Ekibastuz-1 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	4,000
3	Kurchatov nuclear power plant	Nuclear	Kazakhstan	2,400
4	Ulken nuclear power plant	Nuclear	Kazakhstan	2,400
5	Aksu power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	2,210
6	Balkhash Ulken power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	1,320
7	MAEK-Kazatoprom TPP-2	Coal	Kazakhstan	1,255
8	OJSC Zhambyl GRES	Coal	Kazakhstan	1,230
9	Zhambyl GRES power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	1,230
10	Topar power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	1,179
11	Kyzylorda 2 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	1,100
12	Almaty-2 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	1,068
13	Ekibastuz-2 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	1,000
14	Turkistan power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	926
15	Pavlodar TPP-1	Coal	Kazakhstan	855
16	MAEK 3 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	855
17	Shulbinskaya HPP	Hydro	Kazakhstan	720
18	Shymkent CHP-3 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	716
19	Kurchatov power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	700
20	MAEK 2 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	685
21	JSC Bukhtarminskaya	Hydro	Kazakhstan	675
22	Tengizchevroil Future Growth Project power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	650
23	Karaganda GRES-2	Coal	Kazakhstan	608
24	Karaganda TPS-3 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	590
25	Almaty TPP-2	Coal	Kazakhstan	510
26	Aksa Enerji Shymkent power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	500
27	Aktobe 2 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	500
28	Astana Combined Cycle power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	500
29	Atyrau 4 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	500
30	Zhezkazgan-2 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	500
31	GTPP-500 Uralsk power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	496
32	Karaganda TETS 1	Coal	Kazakhstan	475
33	Karabatan power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	475
34	Pavlodar-3 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	440
35	Karaganda TPS-2 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	435
36	Petropavlovsk-2 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	401
37	Kapchagan	Hydro	Kazakhstan	364
38	Astana-2 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	360
39	Semey-3 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	360
40	Ust-Kamenogorsk-2 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	360
41	Astana-3 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	350
42	Pavlodar-1 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	350
43	Almaty-1 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	345
44	Ust-Kamenogorsk HPP	Hydro	Kazakhstan	331
45	Ust-Kamenogorsk TETS power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	308
46	Atyrau	Gas	Kazakhstan	300
47	Almaty-3 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	290
48	Zhezkazgan power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	252
49	Atyrau 3 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	250
50	Tengizchevroil 3 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	242
51	Kyzylorda CHP power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	240
52	Kokshetau power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	240
53	Kashagan power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	238
54	Karachaganak power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	200
55	Karaganda Steel Works power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	185
56	Rudny power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	171
57	Zhanazhol 3 power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	160
58	Taraz power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	150
59	Almaty CHP-1	Coal	Kazakhstan	145
60	Akturbo power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	135
61	Stepnogorsk power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	130
62	Kazakhmys Balkhash power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	120
63	Eni hybrid power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	120
64	Kumkol	Gas	Kazakhstan	100
65	Pavlodar-2 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	100
66	Saran	Solar	Kazakhstan	100
67	Jiangbuer power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	100
68	Aktau nuclear power plant	Nuclear	Kazakhstan	90
69	Aktobe Generatsiya steel plant power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	85
70	Karaganda-1 power station	Coal	Kazakhstan	84
71	Altaaqa Global Aktobe power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	83
72	Aktobe Ferroalloy Plant power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	80
73	Shalkiya power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	80
74	Sogrinsk	Coal	Kazakhstan	75
75	Ridder	Coal	Kazakhstan	59
76	Aktobe CHP power station	Gas	Kazakhstan	57
77	Burnoy Solar	Solar	Kazakhstan	50
78	Zhambyl II	Solar	Kazakhstan	50
79	Gulshat	Solar	Kazakhstan	40
80	Zhangiztobe	Solar	Kazakhstan	30

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Largest power plants in Kazakhstan by capacity

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