Kragujevac power station is a 300 MW gas power station in Šumadija and Western Serbia, Serbia. It is operated by Gazprom Energoholding Serbia doo [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 338k homes (estimated). It ranks #14 of 23 Serbia power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 6.9% of Serbia's electricity; the national grid averages 696 gCO₂/kWh (27.8% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_kragujevac_serbia.
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: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 300 MW, Kragujevac power station is around the median gas plant in Serbia (300 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Gazprom Energoholding Serbia doo [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.0°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).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #4 largest gas power plant of 8 in Serbia by capacity.
Serbia has 8 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 2,359 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 44.008091, 20.9024 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Kragujevac power station is a 300 MW gas power plant in Šumadija and Western Serbia, Serbia.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 337,885 homes (estimated).
Kragujevac power station is operated by Gazprom Energoholding Serbia doo [100%].
