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New Yerevan

Gas power plant in Ararat, Armenia. Approximate location 40.1152, 44.4973.

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New Yerevan is a 271 MW gas power station in Ararat, Armenia. It is operated by Yerevan TPP. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 305,223 homes (estimated). It ranks #5 of 8 Armenia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 34.1% of Armenia's electricity; the national grid averages 212 gCO₂/kWh (65.9% low-carbon) (2025).

271MW installed capacity
305,223homes powered (est.)
2010commissioned (~16 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1019026.

~427,313 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

99,607passenger cars driven for a year
55,727homes' yearly energy use
7,121,880tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Armenia

Hrazadan: 1,110 MW1kHrazadanYerevan: 550 MW550YerevanNew Yerevan: 271 MW271New Yerevan

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

Owner

Operated by Yerevan TPP. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 40.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.4°Cannual mean temp
3,125heating degree-days (base 18°C)
375cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,112 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -2 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 11 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 23 °CJA: 23 °CAS: 19 °CSO: 12 °CON: 6 °CND: 0 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 27% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 66/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #3 largest gas power plant of 3 in Armenia by capacity.

Armenia has 3 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,931 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 40.1152, 44.4973 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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