Saransk CHP-2 is a 340 MW gas power station in Mordoviya, Russia. It is operated by Mordovian branch of PJSC "T Plus". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 383k homes (estimated). It ranks #226 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1958, it is around 68 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 WRI1003799.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 280 MW for Saransk CHP-2 power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Capacity claim grade: C_REVIEW_MANUAL - recommended action: manual_review_only - confidence: unknown. This follows a claim-based data model: value + scope + source + confidence, rather than silently overwriting records.
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 L100000407261); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 340 MW, Saransk CHP-2 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 Mordovian 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 54.2°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 #116 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 54.2171, 45.2093 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Saransk CHP-2 is a 340 MW source-record gas power plant in Mordoviya, Russia, commissioned in 1958.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 382,937 homes (estimated).
Saransk CHP-2 is operated by Mordovian branch of PJSC "T Plus".
