Gas power plant in Kostanay, Kazakhstan. Approximate location 52.989616, 63.129804.
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Rudny power station is a 171 MW gas power station in Kostanay, Kazakhstan. It is operated by Sokolovsko-Sarbai Mining and Processing Production JSC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 193k homes (estimated). It ranks #56 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 29.4% 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 GOGPT_rudny_kazakh.
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: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 171 MW, Rudny power station is below the median gas plant in Kazakhstan (250 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 Sokolovsko-Sarbai Mining and Processing Production JSC [100%].
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 53.0°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 #24 largest gas power plant of 35 in Kazakhstan by capacity.
Kazakhstan has 35 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 13,872 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 52.989616, 63.129804 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Rudny power station is a 171 MW gas power plant in Kostanay, Kazakhstan.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 192,594 homes (estimated).
Rudny power station is operated by Sokolovsko-Sarbai Mining and Processing Production JSC [100%].
