Gas power plant in Mangistau, Kazakhstan. Approximate location 46.152062, 53.410514.
GasMangistauKazakhstanCCGT · HRSG
Tengizchevroil 3 power station is a 242 MW gas power station in Mangistau, Kazakhstan. It is operated by Tengizchevroil LLP [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 273k homes (estimated). It ranks #50 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2008, it is around 18 years old — relatively modern. 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_tengizchevroil3_kazakh.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406892; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 242 MW, Tengizchevroil 3 power station is around the median gas plant in Kazakhstan (250 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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 Tengizchevroil LLP [100%].
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 46.2°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 #19 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 46.152062, 53.410514 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Tengizchevroil 3 power station is a 242 MW gas power plant in Mangistau, Kazakhstan, commissioned in 2008.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 272,561 homes (estimated).
Tengizchevroil 3 power station is operated by Tengizchevroil LLP [100%].
