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Syrdarya

Gas power plant in Toshkent, Uzbekistan. Approximate location 40.2287, 69.1005.

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Syrdarya is a 3,000 MW gas power station in Toshkent, Uzbekistan. It is operated by Uzbekenergo. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 3,378,857 homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 16 Uzbekistan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1972, it is around 54 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, gas supplies about 72.3% of Uzbekistan's electricity; the national grid averages 1,000 gCO₂/kWh (19.4% low-carbon) (2025).

3,000MW installed capacity
3,378,857homes powered (est.)
1972commissioned (~54 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1000138.

~4,730,400 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,102,657passenger cars driven for a year
616,901homes' yearly energy use
78,840,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Uzbekistan

Syrdarya: 3,000 MW3kSyrdaryaTashkent: 2,230 MW2kTashkentNavoi: 1,758 MW2kNavoiTalimardjan: 800 MW800TalimardjanTakhiatash: 730 MW730TakhiatashMubarek: 60 MW60Mubarek

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

Owner

Operated by Uzbekenergo. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 40.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.8°Cannual mean temp
2,415heating degree-days (base 18°C)
894cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
599 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 15 °CAM: 20 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 13 °CON: 7 °CND: 2 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 2% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 49/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 largest gas power plant of 6 in Uzbekistan by capacity.

Uzbekistan has 6 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 8,578 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 40.2287, 69.1005 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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