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Kaliningradskaya

Gas power plant in Kaliningrad, Russia. Approximate location 54.6619, 20.5908.

GasKaliningradRussiaCCGT · HRSG

Kaliningradskaya is a 900 MW gas power station in Kaliningrad, Russia. It is operated by JSC INTER RAO-Electric Power Generation. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.0 million homes (estimated). It ranks #94 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2018, it is around 8 years old — recently built. In context, gas supplies about 44.7% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).

900Source-backed capacity
4HRSG unit(s)
1,013,657homes powered (est.)
2018commissioned (~8 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1003716.

Data status

Known data

FacilityKaliningradskaya WRI
CountryRussia · Kaliningrad WRI
Coordinates54.6619, 20.5908 WRI
FuelGas WRI
MW installed capacity900 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerJSC INTER RAO-Electric Power Generation WRI
Commissioned2018 WRI
TechnologyCCGT · HRSG WRI

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions1,419,120 t CO₂/yr calculated
Capacity rank in country#94 of 678 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#40 of 338 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers4.50× · 200 MW median · 338 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent1,013,657 calculated
Environmental severityC4 · 37/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000407196); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 900 MW, Kaliningradskaya is well above 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.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Russia

Surgutskaya GRES-2: 8,865 MW9kSurgutskay…CHP-23: 5,690 MW6kCHP-23Perm GRES power station: 5,063 MW5kPerm GRES …Krostromskaya: 3,750 MW4kKrostromsk…Permskaya: 3,363 MW3kPermskayaKirishskaya GRES: 2,530 MW3kKirishskay…Konakovskaya: 2,520 MW3kKonakovska…Iriklinskaya: 2,460 MW2kIriklinska…

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

Owner

Operated by JSC INTER RAO-Electric Power Generation. All plants by this company →

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 54.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~6°Ctypical annual mean
~19°Ctypical warm-season mean
Warm-summer humid continental: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
37/100environmental-severity index
20.8°Cseasonal temperature swing
14 kmdistance to coast

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #40 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.

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Location

Coordinates 54.6619, 20.5908 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Kaliningradskaya?

Kaliningradskaya is a 900 MW source-record gas power plant in Kaliningrad, Russia, commissioned in 2018.

How many homes can Kaliningradskaya power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 1,013,657 homes (estimated).

Who operates Kaliningradskaya?

Kaliningradskaya is operated by JSC INTER RAO-Electric Power Generation.

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