Astrakhanskaya CHPP-2 is a 380 MW gas power station in Astrakhan, Russia. It is operated by OOO "LUKOIL-Astrakhanenergo". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 428k homes (estimated). It ranks #209 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1985, it is around 41 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 44.7% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1061755.
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 tracker 2026 (location L100000407161); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 380 MW, Astrakhanskaya CHPP-2 is well above the median gas plant in Russia (200 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. 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 OOO "LUKOIL-Astrakhanenergo".
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 46.3°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 #105 largest gas power plant of 338 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 338 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 145,594 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 46.3321, 48.0861 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Astrakhanskaya CHPP-2 is a 380 MW source-record gas power plant in Astrakhan, Russia, commissioned in 1985.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 427,988 homes (estimated).
Astrakhanskaya CHPP-2 is operated by OOO "LUKOIL-Astrakhanenergo".
