Maima is a 20 MW solar power plant in Altai Krai, Russia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 8.5k homes (estimated). It ranks #538 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 0.2% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WKS0070135.
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capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000804005); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 20 MW, Maima is well above the median solar plant in Russia (15 MW). Solar PV converts sunlight directly into electricity with no moving parts or fuel; output varies by time of day and weather, so it pairs with storage or flexible backup.
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).
This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.9°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 #9 largest solar power plant of 57 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 57 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 841 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 51.948, 85.832 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Maima is a 20 MW source-record solar power plant in Altai Krai, Russia.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 8,509 homes (estimated).
