Norilsk CHP-3 power station is a 680 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 766k homes (estimated). It ranks #114 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1980, it is around 46 years old — long-established. 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_norilskchp3_russia.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 380 MW for Norilsk CHP-3 power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 680 MW, Norilsk CHP-3 power station is well above the median gas plant in Russia (200 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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 #52 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 69.323697, 87.955065 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Norilsk CHP-3 power station is a 680 MW gas power plant in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, commissioned in 1980.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 765,874 homes (estimated).
Norilsk CHP-3 power station is operated by Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company JSC [100%].
