GSR CHPP is a 21 MW gas power plant in St.-Petersburg, Russia. It is operated by JSC "GSR CHP". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 24k homes (estimated). It ranks #535 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1952, it is around 74 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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 WRI1061920.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 21 MW, GSR CHPP is below the median gas plant in Russia (200 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 Russia gas capacity
- less than 0.1% of 145,594 MW across 338 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 40 of 238 dated gas plants in Russia 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 Russia
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by JSC "GSR CHP".
Climate zone & how it works
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 59.8°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).
How it compares & nearby plants
The #293 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.
Nearby power plants
- TPP of the PGU "GSR Energo" · Gas · 110 MW · St.-Petersburg
- Yuzhnaya Tets · Gas · 1,207 MW · St.-Petersburg
- CHP-5 Red October · Gas · 180 MW · Leningrad
- Pravoberezhnaya CHPP-5 · Gas · 643 MW · Leningrad
- Avtovskaya CHP Plant-15 · Gas · 321 MW · St.-Petersburg
- The central thermal power station (ES-1) · Gas · 155 MW · St.-Petersburg
Location
Coordinates 59.7614, 30.5752 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is GSR CHPP?
GSR CHPP is a 21 MW gas power plant in St.-Petersburg, Russia, commissioned in 1952.
Who operates GSR CHPP?
GSR CHPP is operated by JSC "GSR CHP".