Karabatan power station — Kazakhstan

Karabatan power station is a 475 MW gas power station in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. It is operated by Karabatan Utility Solutions LLP [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 535k homes (estimated). It ranks #33 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2019, it is around 7 years old — recently built. 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_karabatan_kazakh.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 310 MW for Karabatan 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 475 MW, Karabatan power station is well above the median gas plant in Kazakhstan (250 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 Kazakhstan gas capacity

3.4% of 13,872 MW across 35 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

12 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 Karabatan Utility Solutions LLP [100%].

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 cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 47.3°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).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

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 #14 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

• Atyrau 3 power station · Gas · 250 MW · Atyrau
• Atyrau · Gas · 300 MW · Atyrau
• Atyrau 4 power station · Gas · 500 MW · Atyrau
• Kashagan power station · Gas · 238 MW · Atyrau
• Tengizchevroil 3 power station · Gas · 242 MW · Mangistau
• Tengizchevroil Future Growth Project power station · Gas · 650 MW · Mangistau

Location

Coordinates 47.34422, 52.277177 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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