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Takhiatash

Gas power plant in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. Approximate location 42.3175, 59.5553.

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Takhiatash is a 730 MW gas power station in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. It is operated by Uzbekenergo. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 822,188 homes (estimated). It ranks #6 of 16 Uzbekistan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1963, it is around 63 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).

730MW installed capacity
822,188homes powered (est.)
1963commissioned (~63 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1000143.

~1,151,064 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

268,313passenger cars driven for a year
150,113homes' yearly energy use
19,184,400tree 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 desert climate (Köppen BWk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 42.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.3°Cannual mean temp
2,991heating degree-days (base 18°C)
934cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
76 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -2 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 14 °CAM: 21 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 11 °CON: 4 °CND: -1 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 22% above 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: 62/100 — 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 #5 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 42.3175, 59.5553 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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