Cherepetskaya GRES is a 450 MW coal power station in Tula, Russia. It ranks #174 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 18.4% 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 WRI1003683.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000103389; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 450 MW, Cherepetskaya GRES is well above the median coal plant in Russia (340 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #46 largest coal power plant of 127 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 127 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 64,498 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Kaluzhskaya CHP Plant-1 · Gas · 41.8 MW · Kaluga
- Alexin power station · Gas · 124 MW · Tula Oblast
- Kaluzhskaya CHP-2 power station · Gas · 370 MW · Kaluga Oblast
- Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 6 MW · Kaluga
- Obninsk GTU-CHP № 1 · Gas · 20.8 MW · Kaluga
- Balabanovskaya CHP power station · Gas · 450 MW · Kaluga Oblast
Location
Coordinates 54.136, 36.48 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Cherepetskaya GRES?
Cherepetskaya GRES is a 450 MW coal power plant in Tula, Russia, Announced 1953.