Hrazdan power station is a 1,381 MW gas power station in Kotayk, Armenia. It is operated by Tashir Group [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.6 million homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 11 Armenia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1966, it is around 60 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, gas supplies about 34.1% of Armenia's electricity; the national grid averages 212 gCO₂/kWh (65.9% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_hrazdan_armeni.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 1,381 MW, Hrazdan power station is well above the median gas plant in Armenia (550 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); ABB ALSTOM POWER: GT-13E2. 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 Tashir Group [100%].
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 40.6°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).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
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.
The #1 largest gas power plant of 6 in Armenia by capacity.
Armenia has 6 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 3,978 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 40.569508, 44.752775 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Hrazdan power station is a 1,381 MW gas power plant in Kotayk, Armenia, commissioned in 1966.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 1,555,400 homes (estimated).
Hrazdan power station is operated by Tashir Group [100%].
