Bratsk HPP is a 4,500 MW hydro power station in Irkutsk, Russia. It is operated by PJSC "IRKUTSKENERGO". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 4.5 million homes (estimated). It ranks #8 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1961, it is around 65 years old — an older, legacy facility. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 16.7% 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 WRI1003674.
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capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000603231); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 4,500 MW, Bratsk HPP is well above the median hydro plant in Russia (72 MW). Technically it is described as conventional storage. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.
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 PJSC "IRKUTSKENERGO". All plants by this company →
This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 56.3°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 #2 largest hydro power plant of 105 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 105 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 45,810 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 56.2861, 101.7842 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Bratsk HPP is a 4,500 MW source-record hydro power plant in Irkutsk, Russia, commissioned in 1961.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 4,505,142 homes (estimated).
Bratsk HPP is operated by PJSC "IRKUTSKENERGO".
