Pauzhetskaya GeoPP is a 12 MW geothermal power plant in Kamtsjatka, Russia. It is operated by PJSC "RusHydro". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 22,525 homes (estimated). It ranks #477 of 545 Russia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1061705.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by PJSC "RusHydro". All plants by this company →
This geothermal plant taps underground heat to raise steam that drives a turbine. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.5°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 #2 largest geothermal power plant of 3 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 3 geothermal power plants in this dataset, together about 74 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 51.4658, 156.8103 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
