Balkan power station — Turkmenistan

Balkan power station is a 1,574 MW gas power station in Balkan, Turkmenistan. It ranks #3 of 15 Turkmenistan power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 100.0% of Turkmenistan's electricity; the national grid averages 1,306 gCO₂/kWh (0.0% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_balkan_turkme.

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 1,574 MW, Balkan power station is well above the median gas plant in Turkmenistan (254 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); GE Vernova: 9FA, GE Vernova: 9FA, GE Vernova: D202, GE Verno. Its current lifecycle status is “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 #2 largest gas power plant of 13 in Turkmenistan by capacity.

Turkmenistan has 13 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 8,772 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Balkanabat OCGT Power Plant Turkmenistan · Gas · 174 MW · Balkan

Location

Coordinates 39.83555, 54.85227 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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