Navai New nuclear power plant — Azerbaijan

Navai New nuclear power plant is a 1,500 MW nuclear power station in Hajigabul, Azerbaijan. It ranks #2 of 22 Azerbaijan power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 0.0% of Azerbaijan's electricity; the national grid averages 632 gCO₂/kWh (12.1% low-carbon) (2025).

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

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

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 #1 largest nuclear power plant of 2 in Azerbaijan by capacity.

Azerbaijan has 2 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 2,500 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Navai Original nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 1,000 MW · Hajigabul
• Janub · Gas · 780 MW · Shirvan
• Sangachal ES · Gas · 299 MW · Baki
• Gobu power station · Gas · 384.3 MW · Qobu
• Baku ES · Gas · 107 MW · Baki
• Baku TEC · Gas · 107 MW · Baki

Location

Coordinates 40.0161, 49.1355 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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