Norilsk CHP-1 power station is a 145 MW gas power station in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is operated by Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company JSC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 163k homes (estimated). It ranks #351 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1963, it is around 63 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, gas supplies about 44.7% 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 GOGPT_norilskchp1_russia.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000407246; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 145 MW, Norilsk CHP-1 power station is below the median gas plant in Russia (200 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
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 Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company JSC [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 69.3°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 #197 largest gas power plant of 338 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 338 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 145,594 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 69.333698, 88.233369 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Norilsk CHP-1 power station is a 145 MW gas power plant in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, commissioned in 1963.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 163,311 homes (estimated).
Norilsk CHP-1 power station is operated by Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company JSC [100%].
