Fon-Yagnob power station — Tajikistan

Fon-Yagnob power station is a 600 MW coal power station in Khujand, Tajikistan. It ranks #4 of 14 Tajikistan power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 4.7% of Tajikistan's electricity; the national grid averages 73 gCO₂/kWh (94.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_fonyagnob_tajik.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — 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 #1 largest coal power plant of 4 in Tajikistan by capacity.

Tajikistan has 4 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 1,650 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Varzob 2 · Hydro · 14.4 MW · Dushanbe
• Dushanbe-2 power station · Coal · 400 MW · Dushanbe
• Dushanbe · Oil · 430 MW · Dushanbe
• Varzob 1 · Hydro · 11 MW · Dushanbe
• Cengiz Enerji Jizzakh CHP power station · Gas · 550 MW · Jizzakh
• Cengiz Energji Sirdaryo power station · Gas · 220 MW · Sirdaryo

Location

Coordinates 39.333333, 68.583333 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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