Gazalkent — Uzbekistan

Gazalkent is a 120 MW hydro power station in Toshkent, Uzbekistan. It is operated by Uzbekenergo. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 120k homes (estimated). It ranks #21 of 28 Uzbekistan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1980, it is around 46 years old — long-established. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 7.3% of Uzbekistan's electricity; the national grid averages 1,000 gCO₂/kWh (19.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1000148.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000603975; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 120 MW, Gazalkent is around the median hydro plant in Uzbekistan (127 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.

Key facts

Share of Uzbekistan hydro capacity

10.1% of 1,187 MW across 6 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

5 of 6 dated hydro plants in Uzbekistan are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Uzbekistan

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Uzbekenergo. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 41% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 75/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest hydro power plant of 6 in Uzbekistan by capacity.

Uzbekistan has 6 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 1,187 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Tavak · Hydro · 70 MW · Toshkent
• Khodjikent · Hydro · 165 MW · Toshkent
• Charvak · Hydro · 666 MW · Toshkent
• Akkavak · Hydro · 39 MW · Toshkent
• Cengiz Enerji Tashkent power station · Gas · 240 MW · Tashkent
• Tashkent · Gas · 1,780 MW · Toshkent

Location

Coordinates 41.5581, 69.7708 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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