Astana-3 power station — Kazakhstan

Astana-3 power station is a 350 MW gas power station in Akmola, Kazakhstan. It ranks #41 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_astana3_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 350 MW, Astana-3 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 “Announced” — 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 #15 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

• Astana-2 power station · Coal · 360 MW · Astana Qalasy
• Astana Combined Cycle power station · Gas · 500 MW · Akmola
• Stepnogorsk power station · Coal · 130 MW · Akmola
• Karaganda-1 power station · Coal · 84 MW · Karaganda
• Karaganda Steel Works power station · Gas · 185 MW · Karaganda
• Karaganda TPS-2 power station · Coal · 435 MW · Qaraghandy

Location

Coordinates 51.188293, 71.510303 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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