Minsk nuclear power plant — Belarus

Minsk nuclear power plant is a 2,000 MW nuclear power station in Minsk, Belarus. It ranks #3 of 29 Belarus power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 36.6% of Belarus's electricity; the national grid averages 309 gCO₂/kWh (41.4% low-carbon) (2025).

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

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (cancelled); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Cancelled” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest nuclear power plant of 2 in Belarus by capacity.

Belarus has 2 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 4,388 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Minsk-5 CHP CCGT Power Plant · Gas · 780 MW · Minsk
• Minsk-3 CHP CCGT Power Plant · Gas · 512 MW · Minsk
• Minsk-4 CHP CCGT Power Plant · Gas · 1,030 MW · Minsk
• Zhodino CHP CCGT Power Plant · Gas · 54 MW · Minsk
• Borisov CHP power station · Gas · 65 MW · Minsk Oblast
• Bobruisk CHP-2 Power Plant Belarus · Gas · 180 MW · Mogilev

Location

Coordinates 53.7208, 28.0445 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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