Tavan Tolgoi power station (Rio Tinto) is a 450 MW coal power station in Ömnögovi, Mongolia. It is operated by Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 563k homes (estimated). It ranks #10 of 25 Mongolia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2026, it is around 0 years old — recently built. In context, coal supplies about 85.8% of Mongolia's electricity; the national grid averages 816 gCO₂/kWh (8.4% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_tavantolgoiriotinto_mongo.
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 GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
At 450 MW, Tavan Tolgoi power station (Rio Tinto) is around the median coal plant in Mongolia (450 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC [100%].
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.6°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 #10 largest coal power plant of 20 in Mongolia by capacity.
Mongolia has 20 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 12,669 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 43.625, 105.474167 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Tavan Tolgoi power station (Rio Tinto) is a 450 MW coal power plant in Ömnögovi, Mongolia, commissioned in 2026.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 563,142 homes (estimated).
Tavan Tolgoi power station (Rio Tinto) is operated by Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC [100%].
