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Myronivskyi power station — Ukraine

Coal power plant in Donetsk, Ukraine. Approximate location 48.479778, 38.284834.

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Myronivskyi power station is a 275 MW coal power station in Donetsk, Ukraine. It ranks #45 of 98 Ukraine power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1953, it is around 73 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 20.9% of Ukraine's electricity; the national grid averages 250 gCO₂/kWh (72.2% low-carbon) (2022).

275MW installed capacity
1953commissioned (~73 yrs)

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

Data status

Known data

FacilityMyronivskyi power station GEM-coal
CountryUkraine · Donetsk GEM-coal
Coordinates48.479778, 38.284834 GEM-coal
FuelCoal GEM-coal
MW installed capacity275 MW GEM GCPT; source record
OwnerEnergy of Donbass [100%] GEM-coal
Commissioned1953 GEM-coal
Technologysubcritical GEM-coal

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#45 / 98 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#16 / 22 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.23× · 1,210 MW · n=22 calculated
Environmental severityC2 · 29/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 275 MW, Myronivskyi power station is below the median coal plant in Ukraine (1,210 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #16 largest coal power plant of 22 in Ukraine by capacity.

Ukraine has 22 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 26,630 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 48.479778, 38.284834 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Myronivskyi power station?

Myronivskyi power station is a 275 MW coal power plant in Donetsk, Ukraine, commissioned in 1953.

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