Gomel-2 CHP Power Plant Belarus

Gomel-2 CHP Power Plant Belarus is a 544 MW gas power station in Gomel, Belarus. It is operated by Gomelenergo RUE [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 613k homes (estimated). It ranks #8 of 29 Belarus power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1986, it is around 40 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 54.5% of Belarus's electricity; the national grid averages 309 gCO₂/kWh (41.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0043035.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406704; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 544 MW, Gomel-2 CHP Power Plant Belarus is well above the median gas plant in Belarus (205 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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.

Key facts

Share of Belarus gas capacity

6.5% of 8,342 MW across 18 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

8 of 14 dated gas plants in Belarus are older

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

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Belarus

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

Owner

Operated by Gomelenergo RUE [100%].

Local climate & thermal context

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 52.4°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 67% 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: 85/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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 humidity / wetness 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 #5 largest gas power plant of 18 in Belarus by capacity.

Belarus has 18 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 8,342 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Gomel-1 CHP Power Plant Belarus · Gas · 6 MW · Gomel
• Chechevicy · Solar · 11.3 MW · Gomel
• Svetlogorsk CHP Power Plant Belarus · Gas · 155 MW · Gomel
• Bragin EP · Solar · 4.1 MW · Gomel
• Brahin · Solar · 18.5 MW · Gomel
• Klintsovskaya TPP · Gas · 12 MW · Brjansk

Location

Coordinates 52.4492, 30.8167 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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