Kemerovo thermal power station is a 80 MW coal power plant in Kemerovo, Russia. It is operated by Kuzbassenergo. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 100k homes (estimated). It ranks #414 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1940, it is around 86 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 18.4% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1003726.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 80 MW, Kemerovo thermal power station is below the median coal plant in Russia (340 MW). 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.
Key facts
- Share of Russia coal capacity
- 0.1% of 64,498 MW across 127 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 6 of 101 dated coal plants in Russia are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in Russia
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Kuzbassenergo.
Climate zone & how it works
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 55.3°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).
How it compares & nearby plants
The #106 largest coal power plant of 127 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 127 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 64,498 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- KEMEROVO GRES · Coal · 465 MW · Kemerovo
- NOVO-KEMEROVO CHP · Coal · 580 MW · Kemerovo
- CHP Plant of the Yurga Machine-Building Plant · Coal · 91 MW · Kemerovo
- Belovskaya power station · Coal · 1,260 MW · Kemerovo
- Tomskaya GRES-2 power station · Gas · 220 MW · Tomsk
- Tomsk GRES-2 · Coal · 331 MW · Tomsk
Location
Coordinates 55.3333, 86.0833 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Kemerovo thermal power station?
Kemerovo thermal power station is a 80 MW coal power plant in Kemerovo, Russia, commissioned in 1940.
Who operates Kemerovo thermal power station?
Kemerovo thermal power station is operated by Kuzbassenergo.