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SES "Zavodskaya"

Solar power plant in Astrakhan, Russia. Approximate location 46.3986, 48.5156.

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SES "Zavodskaya" is a 15 MW solar power plant in Astrakhan, Russia. It is operated by LLC "Solar Systems". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 6,382 homes (estimated). It ranks #459 of 545 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 0.2% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).

15MW installed capacity
6,382homes powered (est.)
2015commissioned (~11 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1061942.

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

Owner

Operated by LLC "Solar Systems". All plants by this company →

Climate zone & how it works

This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 46.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~10°Ctypical annual mean
~23°Ctypical warm-season mean
Cold semi-arid steppe: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby plants

The #27 largest solar power plant of 57 in Russia by capacity.

Russia has 57 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 841 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 46.3986, 48.5156 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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