Pavlodar-1 power station — Kazakhstan

Pavlodar-1 power station is a 350 MW coal power station in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. It is operated by Aluminium of Kazakhstan JSC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 438k homes (estimated). It ranks #42 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1964, it is around 62 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 54.3% of Kazakhstan's electricity; the national grid averages 805 gCO₂/kWh (14.9% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_pavlodar1_kazak.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000102989; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 350 MW, Pavlodar-1 power station is below the median coal plant in Kazakhstan (435 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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.

Key facts

Share of Kazakhstan coal capacity

1.7% of 20,941 MW across 32 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

6 of 27 dated coal plants in Kazakhstan are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Kazakhstan

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

Owner

Operated by Aluminium of Kazakhstan JSC [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.2°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).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

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 #21 largest coal power plant of 32 in Kazakhstan by capacity.

Kazakhstan has 32 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 20,941 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Pavlodar-2 power station · Coal · 100 MW · Pavlodar
• Pavlodar-3 power station · Coal · 440 MW · Pavlodar
• MAEK-Kazatoprom TPP-2 · Coal · 1,255 MW · Pavlodar
• Pavlodar TPP-1 · Coal · 855 MW · Pavlodar
• Aksu power station · Coal · 2,210 MW · Pavlodar

Location

Coordinates 52.249928, 77.059423 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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