Aktobe Generatsiya steel plant power station — Kazakhstan

Aktobe Generatsiya steel plant power station is a 85 MW gas power plant in Aktobe region, Kazakhstan. It ranks #69 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_aktobegeneratsiyasteel_kazakh.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 85 MW, Aktobe Generatsiya steel plant 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); Siemens Energy: SGT-700. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #31 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.

Nearby power plants

• Aktobe Ferroalloy Plant power station · Gas · 80 MW · Aktobe region
• Aktobe CHP power station · Gas · 57 MW · Aktobe
• Akturbo power station · Gas · 135 MW · Aktobe
• Aktobe 2 power station · Gas · 500 MW · Aktobe
• Mednogorskaya TPP · Coal · 14 MW · Orenburg
• Novotroitskaya Ural Steel power station · Gas · 110 MW · Orenburg

Location

Coordinates 50.355117, 57.145119 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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