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Mobile power station "Kazym"

Gas power plant in Khanty-Mansiyskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia. Approximate location 63.703, 67.2385.

GasKhanty-Mansiyskiy Avtonomnyy OkrugRussia

Mobile power station "Kazym" is a 72 MW gas power plant in Khanty-Mansiyskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia. It is operated by OJSC "Mobile power engineering". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 81k homes (estimated). It ranks #427 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 44.7% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).

72Legacy source-record capacity
81,092homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1062054.

Data status

Known data

FacilityMobile power station "Kazym" WRI
CountryRussia · Khanty-Mansiyskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug WRI
Coordinates63.703, 67.2385 WRI
FuelGas WRI
MW installed capacity72 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerOJSC "Mobile power engineering" WRI

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions113,530 t CO₂/yr calculated
Capacity rank in country#427 of 678 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#240 of 338 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.36× · 200 MW median · 338 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent81,092 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 72 MW, Mobile power station "Kazym" is below the median gas plant in Russia (200 MW). 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.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Russia

Surgutskaya GRES-2: 8,865 MW9kSurgutskay…CHP-23: 5,690 MW6kCHP-23Perm GRES power station: 5,063 MW5kPerm GRES …Krostromskaya: 3,750 MW4kKrostromsk…Permskaya: 3,363 MW3kPermskayaKirishskaya GRES: 2,530 MW3kKirishskay…Konakovskaya: 2,520 MW3kKonakovska…Iriklinskaya: 2,460 MW2kIriklinska…

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

Owner

Operated by OJSC "Mobile power engineering".

Climate zone & how it works

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 63.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~0°Ctypical annual mean
~14°Ctypical warm-season mean
Subarctic (boreal): long cold winters and short, cool summers

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby plants

The #240 largest gas power plant of 338 in Russia by capacity.

Russia has 338 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 145,594 MW of capacity.

Location

Coordinates 63.703, 67.2385 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Mobile power station "Kazym"?

Mobile power station "Kazym" is a 72 MW source-record gas power plant in Khanty-Mansiyskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia.

How many homes can Mobile power station "Kazym" power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 81,092 homes (estimated).

Who operates Mobile power station "Kazym"?

Mobile power station "Kazym" is operated by OJSC "Mobile power engineering".

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