Karkov CHP-5 is a 540 MW gas power station in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It ranks #33 of 98 Ukraine power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1979, it is around 47 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 6.4% of Ukraine's electricity; the national grid averages 250 gCO₂/kWh (72.2% low-carbon) (2022).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1005126.
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: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
At 540 MW, Karkov CHP-5 is well above the median gas plant in Ukraine (250 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — 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.
The #6 largest gas power plant of 30 in Ukraine by capacity.
Ukraine has 30 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 9,279 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 49.9719, 36.107 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Karkov CHP-5 is a 540 MW gas power plant in Kharkiv, Ukraine, commissioned in 1979.
