Penza TPP-1 is a 401 MW gas power station in Penza, Russia. It is operated by Penza branch of PJSC "T Plus". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 452k homes (estimated). It ranks #199 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1943, it is around 83 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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 WRI1003781.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 401 MW, Penza TPP-1 is well above the median gas plant in Russia (200 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. 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 Penza branch of PJSC "T Plus".
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 53.2°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).
The #100 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 53.1601, 45.0082 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Penza TPP-1 is a 401 MW source-record gas power plant in Penza, Russia, commissioned in 1943.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 451,640 homes (estimated).
Penza TPP-1 is operated by Penza branch of PJSC "T Plus".
