GTPP-500 Uralsk power station — Kazakhstan

GTPP-500 Uralsk power station is a 496 MW gas power station in West Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan. It is operated by Batys Power LLP. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 559k homes (estimated). It ranks #31 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 29.4% of Kazakhstan's electricity; the national grid averages 805 gCO₂/kWh (14.9% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_gtpp500uralsk_kazakh.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 100 MW for GTPP-500 Uralsk power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

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

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 496 MW, GTPP-500 Uralsk power station is well above the median gas plant in Kazakhstan (250 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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 Kazakhstan gas capacity

3.6% of 13,872 MW across 35 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

9 of 30 dated gas plants in Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan

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

Owner

Operated by Batys Power LLP.

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 hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.3°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 #13 largest gas power plant of 35 in Kazakhstan by capacity.

Kazakhstan has 35 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 13,872 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Karachaganak power station · Gas · 200 MW · West Kazakhstan

Location

Coordinates 51.266769, 51.100892 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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