Mugunsky power station is a 1,462 MW coal power station in Irkutsk, Russia. It is operated by En+ Group PJSC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.8 million homes (estimated). It ranks #57 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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_mugunsky_russi.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
At 1,462 MW, Mugunsky power station is well above the median coal plant in Russia (340 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by En+ Group PJSC [100%].
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a monsoon subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 54.4°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 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.
Coordinates 54.438203, 100.189476 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Mugunsky power station is a 1,462 MW coal power plant in Irkutsk, Russia, Announced 2030.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 1,829,588 homes (estimated).
Mugunsky power station is operated by En+ Group PJSC [100%].
