Bashkir SES-5 is a 10 MW solar power plant in Bashkortostan, Russia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 4.3k homes (estimated). It ranks #615 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 0.2% 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 WKS0071435.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 10 MW, Bashkir SES-5 is below the median solar plant in Russia (15 MW). Solar PV converts sunlight directly into electricity with no moving parts or fuel; output varies by time of day and weather, so it pairs with storage or flexible backup.
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).
This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 54.4°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 #31 largest solar power plant of 57 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 57 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 841 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 54.355, 56.785 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Bashkir SES-5 is a 10 MW source-record solar power plant in Bashkortostan, Russia.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 4,254 homes (estimated).
