Gas power plant in Aktobe, Kazakhstan. Approximate location 50.28627, 57.202884.
GasAktobeKazakhstanCCGT · HRSGPre Construction
Aktobe 2 power station is a 500 MW gas power station in Aktobe, Kazakhstan. It is operated by Energy Flow Generation LLP [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 563k homes (estimated). It ranks #27 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 29.4% of Kazakhstan's electricity; the national grid averages 805 gCO₂/kWh (14.9% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_aktobe2_kazakh.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 500 MW, Aktobe 2 power station is well above the median gas plant in Kazakhstan (250 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Energy Flow Generation LLP [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 50.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #10 largest gas power plant of 35 in Kazakhstan by capacity.
Kazakhstan has 35 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 13,872 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 50.28627, 57.202884 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Aktobe 2 power station is a 500 MW gas power plant in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, Pre Construction 2028.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 563,142 homes (estimated).
Aktobe 2 power station is operated by Energy Flow Generation LLP [100%].
