Gas power plant in West Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan. Approximate location 51.22558, 51.39381.
GasWest KazakhstanKazakhstanCCGT · HRSGAnnounced
Karachaganak power station is a 200 MW gas power station in West Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan. It is operated by Karachaganak Petroleum Operating BV. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 225k homes (estimated). It ranks #54 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. 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_karachaganak_kazakh.
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 200 MW, Karachaganak power station is below the median gas plant in Kazakhstan (250 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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 Karachaganak Petroleum Operating BV.
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 51.2°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 #22 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 51.22558, 51.39381 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Karachaganak power station is a 200 MW gas power plant in West Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, Announced 2028.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 225,257 homes (estimated).
Karachaganak power station is operated by Karachaganak Petroleum Operating BV.
