Bayan power station — Mongolia

Bayan power station is a 660 MW coal power station in Töv, Mongolia. It ranks #2 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_bayan_mongo.

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 660 MW, Bayan power station is well above the median coal plant in Mongolia (450 MW). Technically it is described as supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — 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 #2 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.

Nearby power plants

• Buuruljuut power station · Coal · 600 MW · Töv
• Tsaidamnuur power station · Coal · 600 MW · Töv
• Salkhit · Wind · 50 MW · Central Aimak
• New Century City power station · Coal · 250 MW · Töv
• Khushight Kundi · Solar · 15 MW · Central Aimak
• Baganuur power station · Coal · 400 MW · Govisümber

Location

Coordinates 47.251293, 107.542028 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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