Southern Kuzbass Power Plant is a 554 MW coal power station in Kemerovo, Russia. It is operated by OAO "Yuzhno-Kuzbasskaya GRES". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 693k homes (estimated). It ranks #144 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1951, it is around 75 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 18.4% 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 WRI1061850.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000103335; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 554 MW, Southern Kuzbass Power Plant is well above the median coal plant in Russia (340 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Russia coal capacity
- 0.9% of 64,498 MW across 127 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 17 of 101 dated coal plants in Russia are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in Russia
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by OAO "Yuzhno-Kuzbasskaya GRES".
Climate zone & how it works
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 53.5°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).
How it compares & nearby plants
The #38 largest coal power plant of 127 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 127 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 64,498 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Novokuznetsk power station · Gas · 298 MW · Kemerovo Oblast
- Zapadno-Sibirskaya power station · Coal · 600 MW · Kemerovo
- KUZNETSK THERMAL POWER STATION · Coal · 100 MW · Kemerovo
- Tom-Usinskaya power station · Coal · 2,005 MW · Kemerovo
- West Siberian CHP · Coal · 600 MW · Kemerovo
- Slavino power station · Coal · 660 MW · Kemerovo
Location
Coordinates 53.5119, 87.2669 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Southern Kuzbass Power Plant?
Southern Kuzbass Power Plant is a 554 MW coal power plant in Kemerovo, Russia, commissioned in 1951.
Who operates Southern Kuzbass Power Plant?
Southern Kuzbass Power Plant is operated by OAO "Yuzhno-Kuzbasskaya GRES".