Kurpsay Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan

Kurpsay Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan is a 800 MW hydro power station in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan. It is operated by Power Stations JSC (Elektricheskiye Stantsii) [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 801k homes (estimated). It ranks #3 of 15 Kyrgyzstan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1981, it is around 45 years old — long-established. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 84.7% of Kyrgyzstan's electricity; the national grid averages 153 gCO₂/kWh (84.7% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0041757.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000602351; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 800 MW, Kurpsay Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan is well above the median hydro plant in Kyrgyzstan (450 MW). Technically it is described as conventional storage. 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.

Key facts

Share of Kyrgyzstan hydro capacity

27.5% of 2,910 MW across 6 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

3 of 6 dated hydro plants in Kyrgyzstan are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Kyrgyzstan

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

Owner

Operated by Power Stations JSC (Elektricheskiye Stantsii) [100%].

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 92% 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: 92/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

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 #2 largest hydro power plant of 6 in Kyrgyzstan by capacity.

Kyrgyzstan has 6 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 2,910 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Tash-Kumyr Hydroelectric Power Project Kyrgyzstan · Hydro · 450 MW · Jalal-Abad
• Shamaldy-Say Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan · Hydro · 240 MW · Jalal-Abad
• Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan · Hydro · 1,200 MW · Jalal-Abad
• Uch-Kurgan Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan · Hydro · 180 MW · Namangan
• Jalal-Abad power station · Coal · 660 MW · Jalal-Abad
• Turakurgan power station · Gas · 900 MW · Namangan

Location

Coordinates 41.4986, 72.3641 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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