Petrozavodsk cogeneration station is a 280 MW gas power station in Republic of Karelia, Russia. It is operated by PJSC "TGC-1". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 315k homes (estimated). It ranks #262 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1976, it is around 50 years old — long-established. 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 WRI1061640.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000407270); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 280 MW, Petrozavodsk cogeneration station 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 PJSC "TGC-1". All plants by this company →
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 61.8°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 #138 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 61.8036, 34.2756 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Petrozavodsk cogeneration station is a 280 MW source-record gas power plant in Republic of Karelia, Russia, commissioned in 1976.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 315,360 homes (estimated).
Petrozavodsk cogeneration station is operated by PJSC "TGC-1".
