Central boiler-house [Astrakhan] is a 235 MW gas power station in Astrakhan, Russia. It is operated by OOO "LUKOIL-Astrakhanenergo". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 265k homes (estimated). It ranks #281 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 44.7% 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 WRI1061754.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000407160); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 235 MW, Central boiler-house [Astrakhan] is well above the median gas plant in Russia (200 MW). 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 OOO "LUKOIL-Astrakhanenergo".
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 46.4°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 #151 largest gas power plant of 338 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 338 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 145,594 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 46.4196, 48.0996 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Central boiler-house [Astrakhan] is a 235 MW source-record gas power plant in Astrakhan, Russia, commissioned in 2013.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 264,677 homes (estimated).
Central boiler-house [Astrakhan] is operated by OOO "LUKOIL-Astrakhanenergo".
