Gas power plant in Aktobe, Kazakhstan. Approximate location 50.336398, 57.140192.
GasAktobeKazakhstanCCGT · HRSG
Aktobe CHP power station is a 57 MW gas power plant in Aktobe, Kazakhstan. It is operated by Aktobe TPP JSC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 64k homes (estimated). It ranks #76 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2023, it is around 3 years old — recently built. 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_aktobechp_kazakh.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406903; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 57 MW, Aktobe CHP power station is below the median gas plant in Kazakhstan (250 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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 Aktobe TPP JSC [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 #35 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 50.336398, 57.140192 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Aktobe CHP power station is a 57 MW gas power plant in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, commissioned in 2023.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 64,198 homes (estimated).
Aktobe CHP power station is operated by Aktobe TPP JSC [100%].
