GES-1 of the Cascade of HPPs on the Tolmachyov River is a 2 MW hydro power plant in Kamtsjatka, Russia. It is operated by PJSC "RusHydro". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 2,002 homes (estimated). It ranks #539 of 545 Russia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 16.7% 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 WRI1061714.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by PJSC "RusHydro". All plants by this company →
This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a polar tundra climate (Köppen ET) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.8°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 #102 largest hydro power plant of 105 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 105 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 45,591 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 52.7769, 157.5739 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
