CHP-PVS is a 285 MW gas power station in Vologda, Russia. It is operated by PJSC Severstal. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 321k homes (estimated). It ranks #259 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1986, it is around 40 years old — long-established. 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 WRI1062179.
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 operating-unit sum (location L100000408434); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 285 MW, CHP-PVS is well above the median gas plant in Russia (200 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. 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 PJSC Severstal.
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 59.1°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 #137 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 59.1372, 37.8484 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
CHP-PVS is a 285 MW source-record gas power plant in Vologda, Russia, commissioned in 1986.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 320,991 homes (estimated).
CHP-PVS is operated by PJSC Severstal.
