Baikal power station is a 49 MW coal power plant in Irkutsk, Russia. It is operated by Municipality of Baikal [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 61k homes (estimated). It ranks #465 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1965, it is around 61 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 18.4% 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 GEM_coa_baikal_russi.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 49 MW, Baikal power station is below the median coal plant in Russia (340 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Russia coal capacity
- less than 0.1% of 64,498 MW across 127 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 52 of 101 dated coal plants in Russia are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in Russia
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Municipality of Baikal [100%].
Climate zone & how it works
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.5°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).
How it compares & nearby plants
The #111 largest coal power plant of 127 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 127 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 64,498 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Irkutsk TPP-5 · Coal · 18 MW · Irkutsk
- Ikustsk · Hydro · 662.4 MW · Irkutsk
- Novo-Irkustsk · Coal · 708 MW · Irkutsk
- Thermal Power Station 10 · Coal · 1,110 MW · Irkutsk
- Thermal Power Station 9 · Coal · 475 MW · Irkutsk
- Irkutsk TPP-1 · Coal · 185 MW · Irkutsk
Location
Coordinates 51.515241, 104.18047 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Baikal power station?
Baikal power station is a 49 MW coal power plant in Irkutsk, Russia, commissioned in 1965.
Who operates Baikal power station?
Baikal power station is operated by Municipality of Baikal [100%].