Karaganda TPS-2 power station — Kazakhstan

Karaganda TPS-2 power station is a 435 MW coal power station in Qaraghandy, Kazakhstan. It ranks #35 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 54.3% 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 WRI1075832.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000102981; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 435 MW, Karaganda TPS-2 power station is around the median coal plant in Kazakhstan (435 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. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #16 largest coal power plant of 32 in Kazakhstan by capacity.

Kazakhstan has 32 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 20,941 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Karaganda Steel Works power station · Gas · 185 MW · Karaganda
• 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 50.0467, 73.0532 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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