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Kurpsay Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan

Hydro power plant in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan. Approximate location 41.4986, 72.3641.

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Kurpsay Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan is a 800 MW hydro power station in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 800,914 homes (estimated). It ranks #2 of 8 Kyrgyzstan power plants by installed capacity. 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).

800MW installed capacity
800,914homes powered (est.)

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

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Kyrgyzstan

Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan: 1,200 MW1kToktogul H…Kurpsay Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan: 800 MW800Kurpsay Hy…Tash-Kumyr Hydroelectric Power Project Kyrgyzstan: 450 MW450Tash-Kumyr…Shamaldy-Say Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan: 240 MW240Shamaldy-S…Uch-Kurgan Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan: 180 MW180Uch-Kurgan…Al-Bashy Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan: 40 MW40Al-Bashy H…

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

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.

5.0°Cannual mean temp
4,724heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,856 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -9 °CJF: -8 °CFM: -4 °CMA: 4 °CAM: 11 °CMJ: 15 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 8 °CON: 0 °CND: -6 °CD18 °C

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.

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 #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

Location

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

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