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Krasnopolyanskaya HPP

Hydro power plant in Krasnodarskiy, Russia. Approximate location 43.6629, 40.1744.

HydroKrasnodarskiyRussia

Krasnopolyanskaya HPP is a 29 MW hydro power plant in Krasnodarskiy, Russia. It is operated by OOO "LUKOIL-Ecoenergo". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 29k homes (estimated). It ranks #505 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 16.7% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).

29Legacy source-record capacity
28,933homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1061872.

Data status

Known data

FacilityKrasnopolyanskaya HPP WRI
CountryRussia · Krasnodarskiy WRI
Coordinates43.6629, 40.1744 WRI
FuelHydro WRI
MW installed capacity29 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerOOO "LUKOIL-Ecoenergo" WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#505 of 678 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#73 of 105 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.40× · 72 MW median · 105 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent28,933 calculated
Environmental severityC4 · 38/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

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 Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 29 MW, Krasnopolyanskaya HPP is below the median hydro plant in Russia (72 MW). Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

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

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Russia

Krasnoyarsk: 6,000 MW6kKrasnoyarskBratsk HPP: 4,500 MW4kBratsk HPPUst Illminsk (HPP): 3,840 MW4kUst Illmin…Boguchanskaya HPP: 2,997 MW3kBoguchansk…Volzhskaya HPP: 2,734 MW3kVolzhskaya…Zhigulevskaya HPP: 2,488 MW2kZhigulevsk…Byreyskaya HPP: 2,010 MW2kByreyskaya…Dagestan Branch: 1,786 MW2kDagestan B…

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

Owner

Operated by OOO "LUKOIL-Ecoenergo".

Climate zone & how it works

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~6°Ctypical annual mean
~19°Ctypical warm-season mean
Warm-summer humid continental: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
38/100environmental-severity index
17.4°Cseasonal temperature swing
46 kmdistance to coast

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #73 largest hydro power plant of 105 in Russia by capacity.

Russia has 105 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 45,810 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 43.6629, 40.1744 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Krasnopolyanskaya HPP?

Krasnopolyanskaya HPP is a 29 MW source-record hydro power plant in Krasnodarskiy, Russia.

How many homes can Krasnopolyanskaya HPP power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 28,933 homes (estimated).

Who operates Krasnopolyanskaya HPP?

Krasnopolyanskaya HPP is operated by OOO "LUKOIL-Ecoenergo".

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