New Century City power station — Mongolia

New Century City power station is a 250 MW coal power station in Töv, Mongolia. It ranks #13 of 25 Mongolia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 85.8% of Mongolia's electricity; the national grid averages 816 gCO₂/kWh (8.4% low-carbon) (2025).

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

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 250 MW, New Century City power station is below the median coal plant in Mongolia (450 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #13 largest coal power plant of 20 in Mongolia by capacity.

Mongolia has 20 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 12,669 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Khushight Kundi · Solar · 15 MW · Central Aimak
• Ulaanbaatar-3 Thermal Power Plant · Coal · 198 MW · Ulaanbaatar
• Ulaanbaatar-4 Thermal Power Plant · Coal · 570 MW · Ulaanbaatar
• Bayan power station · Coal · 660 MW · Töv
• Buuruljuut power station · Coal · 600 MW · Töv
• Tsaidamnuur power station · Coal · 600 MW · Töv

Location

Coordinates 47.681912, 106.9511 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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