Gas power plant in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan. Approximate location 44.012398, 67.409558.
GasKyzylordaKazakhstanOCGT
Shalkiya power station is a 80 MW gas power plant in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan. It is operated by ShalkiyaZinc Ltd; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Outotec Oyj. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 90k homes (estimated). It ranks #73 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_shalkiya_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 80 MW, Shalkiya power station is below the median gas plant in Kazakhstan (250 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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 ShalkiyaZinc Ltd; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Outotec Oyj.
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.0°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 #34 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 44.012398, 67.409558 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Shalkiya power station is a 80 MW gas power plant in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 90,102 homes (estimated).
Shalkiya power station is operated by ShalkiyaZinc Ltd; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Outotec Oyj.
