Baruun-Urt power station is a 70 MW coal power plant in Sükhbaatar, Mongolia. It ranks #19 of 25 Mongolia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 85.8% of Mongolia's electricity; the national grid averages 816 gCO₂/kWh (8.4% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_baruunurt_mongo.
Data status
Known data
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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 70 MW, Baruun-Urt power station is below the median coal plant in Mongolia (450 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #19 largest coal power plant of 20 in Mongolia by capacity.
Mongolia has 20 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 12,669 MW of capacity.
Location
Coordinates 46.657543, 113.31355 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Baruun-Urt power station?
Baruun-Urt power station is a 70 MW coal power plant in Sükhbaatar, Mongolia, Announced 2028.