Borisov CHP power station is a 65 MW gas power plant in Minsk Oblast, Belarus. It is operated by Minskenergo RUE [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 73k homes (estimated). It ranks #20 of 29 Belarus power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 54.5% of Belarus's electricity; the national grid averages 309 gCO₂/kWh (41.4% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_borisovchp_belaru.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406705; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 65 MW, Borisov CHP power station is below the median gas plant in Belarus (205 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Minskenergo RUE [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 54.2°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).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #15 largest gas power plant of 18 in Belarus by capacity.
Belarus has 18 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 8,342 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 54.190048, 28.486291 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Borisov CHP power station is a 65 MW gas power plant in Minsk Oblast, Belarus, commissioned in 2014.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 73,208 homes (estimated).
Borisov CHP power station is operated by Minskenergo RUE [100%].
