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Mednogorskaya TPP

Coal power plant in Orenburg, Russia. Approximate location 51.4346, 57.5726.

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Mednogorskaya TPP is a 14 MW coal power plant in Orenburg, Russia. It is operated by Orenburg Branch of PJSC "T Plus". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 18k homes (estimated). It ranks #595 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 18.4% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).

14Legacy source-record capacity
17,520homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1061751.

Data status

Known data

FacilityMednogorskaya TPP WRI
CountryRussia · Orenburg WRI
Coordinates51.4346, 57.5726 WRI
FuelCoal WRI
MW installed capacity14 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerOrenburg Branch of PJSC "T Plus" WRI

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions61,320 t CO₂/yr calculated
Capacity rank in country#595 of 678 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#123 of 127 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.04× · 340 MW median · 127 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent17,520 calculated

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

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 14 MW, Mednogorskaya TPP is below the median coal plant in Russia (340 MW). Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

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

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Russia

Reftinskaya GRES: 3,800 MW4kReftinskay…Berezovskaya GRES: 2,420 MW2kBerezovska…Petrovskaya power station: 2,400 MW2kPetrovskay…Novocherkasskaya GRES: 2,258 MW2kNovocherka…Troitskaya GRES: 2,234 MW2kTroitskaya…Tom-Usinskaya power station: 2,005 MW2kTom-Usinsk…Kashirskaya GRES: 1,910 MW2kKashirskay…Primorskaya TPP: 1,467 MW1kPrimorskay…

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

Owner

Operated by Orenburg Branch of PJSC "T Plus".

Climate zone & how it works

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.4°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).

How it compares & nearby plants

The #123 largest coal power plant of 127 in Russia by capacity.

Russia has 127 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 64,498 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 51.4346, 57.5726 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Mednogorskaya TPP?

Mednogorskaya TPP is a 14 MW source-record coal power plant in Orenburg, Russia.

How many homes can Mednogorskaya TPP power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 17,520 homes (estimated).

Who operates Mednogorskaya TPP?

Mednogorskaya TPP is operated by Orenburg Branch of PJSC "T Plus".

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