Oroszlány power station is a 250 MW coal power station in Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary. It ranks #13 of 37 Hungary power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1962, it is around 64 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 3.4% of Hungary's electricity; the national grid averages 163 gCO₂/kWh (75.3% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1020252.
Data status
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 130 MW for Oroszlány power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 250 MW, Oroszlány power station is below the median coal plant in Hungary (400 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — 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 #7 largest coal power plant of 10 in Hungary by capacity.
Hungary has 10 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 4,289 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Banhida-II power station · Coal · 100 MW · Komárom-Esztergom
- Tatabanya power station · Gas · 21 MW · Tatabanya
- Gönyűi Erőmű · Gas · 426.6 MW · Gyor-Moson-Sopron
- Liter power station · Gas · 123 MW · Veszprem
- Dunai · Solar · 21 MW · Pest
- Dunamenti Erőmű · Gas · 783 MW · Pest
Location
Coordinates 47.5017, 18.2701 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Oroszlány power station?
Oroszlány power station is a 250 MW coal power plant in Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary, commissioned in 1962.