TPPP PGGHO (Krasnokamenskaya TPP) — Russia

TPPP PGGHO (Krasnokamenskaya TPP) is a 410 MW coal power station in Transbaikal Territory, Russia. It is operated by Joint-stock company "United Heat Power Company" ("OTEK"). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 513k homes (estimated). It ranks #194 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1993, it is around 33 years old — long-established. 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 WRI1061862.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000104972; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 410 MW, TPPP PGGHO (Krasnokamenskaya TPP) 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

0.6% of 64,498 MW across 127 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

84 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 Joint-stock company "United Heat Power Company" ("OTEK").

Climate zone & how it works

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a monsoon subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 50.1°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).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #55 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

• Huaneng Inner Mongolia Manzhouli Donghu · Wind · 50 MW · Inner Mongolia
• Huaneng Manzhouli Guangming power station · Coal · 400 MW · Inner Mongolia
• Hailar power station · Coal · 424 MW · Inner Mongolia
• Jalainur power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Inner Mongolia
• Inner Mongolia Donghao Phase 1 · Wind · 49 MW · Inner Mongolia
• Priargunskaya CHPP · Coal · 24 MW · Transbaikal Territory

Location

Coordinates 50.0819, 118.0942 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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