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Khorog

Hydro power plant in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. Approximate location 37.4897, 71.553.

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Khorog is a 10 MW hydro power plant in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. It is operated by Pamir Energy (PPP set up by AKFED and IFC). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 10,011 homes (estimated). It ranks #10 of 10 Tajikistan power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 94.4% of Tajikistan's electricity; the national grid averages 73 gCO₂/kWh (94.4% low-carbon) (2025).

10MW installed capacity
10,011homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1000358.

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Tajikistan

Nurek: 3,015 MW3kNurekSangtuda 1: 700 MW700Sangtuda 1Baipaza: 600 MW600BaipazaGolovnaya: 210 MW210GolovnayaKairakkum: 126 MW126KairakkumVarzob 2: 14 MW14Varzob 2Varzob 1: 11 MW11Varzob 1Khorog: 10 MW10Khorog

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Pamir Energy (PPP set up by AKFED and IFC).

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a polar tundra climate (Köppen ET) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

3.9°Cannual mean temp
5,132heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
3,189 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -9 °CJF: -9 °CFM: -4 °CMA: 3 °CAM: 8 °CMJ: 13 °CJJ: 16 °CJA: 16 °CAS: 12 °CSO: 6 °CON: -1 °CND: -6 °CD16 °C

Heating degree-days here run 109% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 95/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #8 largest hydro power plant of 8 in Tajikistan by capacity.

Tajikistan has 8 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 4,686 MW of capacity.

Location

Coordinates 37.4897, 71.553 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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