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Novoshakhtinskaya power station

Coal power plant in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Approximate location 44.065009, 132.077873.

CoalPrimorsky KraiRussiaAnnounced

Novoshakhtinskaya power station is a 400 MW coal power station in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 501k homes (estimated). It ranks #204 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 18.4% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).

400MW installed capacity
500,571homes powered (est.)
2030Announced

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

Data status

Known data

FacilityNovoshakhtinskaya power station GEM-coal
CountryRussia · Primorsky Krai GEM-coal
Coordinates44.065009, 132.077873 GEM-coal
FuelCoal GEM-coal
MW installed capacity400 MW GEM GCPT; source record
Commissioned2030 GEM-coal

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions1,752,000 t CO₂·a⁻¹ calculated
Capacity rank in country#204 / 678 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#56 / 127 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.18× · 340 MW · n=127 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent500,571 calculated
Environmental severityC2 · 35/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

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 GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 400 MW, Novoshakhtinskaya power station is well above the median coal plant in Russia (340 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.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Russia

Reftinskaya GRES: 3,800 MW4kReftinskay…Berezovskaya GRES: 2,420 MW2kBerezovska…Petrovskaya power station: 2,400 MW2kPetrovskay…Novocherkasskaya GRES: 2,258 MW2kNovocherka…Troitskaya GRES: 2,234 MW2kTroitskaya…Tom-Usinskaya power station: 2,005 MW2kTom-Usinsk…Kashirskaya GRES: 1,910 MW2kKashirskay…Primorskaya TPP: 1,467 MW1kPrimorskay…

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

Climate zone & how it works

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a monsoon warm-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~6°Ctypical annual mean
~21°Ctypical warm-season mean
Monsoon warm-summer continental: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

C2ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
35/100environmental-severity index
38.5°Cseasonal temperature swing
146 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #56 largest coal power plant of 127 in Russia by capacity.

Russia has 127 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 64,498 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 44.065009, 132.077873 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Novoshakhtinskaya power station?

Novoshakhtinskaya power station is a 400 MW coal power plant in Primorsky Krai, Russia, Announced 2030.

How many homes can Novoshakhtinskaya power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 500,571 homes (estimated).

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