Gas power plant in Mangistau, Kazakhstan. Approximate location 43.606344, 51.281217.
GasMangistauKazakhstanCCGT · HRSG
MAEK 2 power station is a 685 MW gas power station in Mangistau, Kazakhstan. It is operated by Aktau Energy Company LLP [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 772k homes (estimated). It ranks #20 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1970, it is around 56 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, gas supplies about 29.4% of Kazakhstan's electricity; the national grid averages 805 gCO₂/kWh (14.9% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_maek2_kazakh.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 460 MW for MAEK 2 power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
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 685 MW, MAEK 2 power station is well above the median gas plant in Kazakhstan (250 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 Aktau Energy Company LLP [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.6°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).
The #7 largest gas power plant of 35 in Kazakhstan by capacity.
Kazakhstan has 35 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 13,872 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 43.606344, 51.281217 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
MAEK 2 power station is a 685 MW gas power plant in Mangistau, Kazakhstan, commissioned in 1970.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 771,505 homes (estimated).
MAEK 2 power station is operated by Aktau Energy Company LLP [100%].
