Karaganda Steel Works power station — Kazakhstan

Karaganda Steel Works power station is a 185 MW gas power station in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. It ranks #55 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_karagandasteelworks_kazakh.

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 185 MW, Karaganda Steel Works power station is below the median gas plant in Kazakhstan (250 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #23 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

• Karaganda TPS-2 power station · Coal · 435 MW · Qaraghandy
• Karaganda-1 power station · Coal · 84 MW · Karaganda
• Karaganda TPS-3 power station · Coal · 590 MW · Qaraghandy
• Karaganda TETS 1 · Coal · 475 MW · Qaraghandy
• Saran · Solar · 100 MW · Qaraghandy
• Topar power station · Coal · 1,179 MW · Karaganda

Location

Coordinates 50.048073, 73.022351 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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