Gas power plant in West Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan. Approximate location 51.266769, 51.100892.
GasWest KazakhstanKazakhstanOCGT
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.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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).
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Batys Power LLP.
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).
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.
Coordinates 51.266769, 51.100892 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
GTPP-500 Uralsk power station is a 496 MW gas power plant in West Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, commissioned in 2016.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 558,637 homes (estimated).
GTPP-500 Uralsk power station is operated by Batys Power LLP.
