Turakurgan power station — Uzbekistan

Turakurgan power station is a 900 MW gas power station in Namangan, Uzbekistan. It is operated by Thermal Power Stations JSC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.0 million homes (estimated). It ranks #7 of 28 Uzbekistan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2019, it is around 7 years old — recently built. In context, gas supplies about 72.3% of Uzbekistan's electricity; the national grid averages 1,000 gCO₂/kWh (19.4% low-carbon) (2025).

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

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406873; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 900 MW, Turakurgan power station is well above the median gas plant in Uzbekistan (450 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Mitsubishi Power: M701F4, Mitsubishi Power: MHPS. 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.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Uzbekistan

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

Owner

Operated by Thermal Power Stations JSC [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

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 41.0°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

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

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 #6 largest gas power plant of 17 in Uzbekistan by capacity.

Uzbekistan has 17 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 13,640 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Uch-Kurgan Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan · Hydro · 180 MW · Namangan
• Fergana · Oil · 280 MW · Fergana
• Shamaldy-Say Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan · Hydro · 240 MW · Jalal-Abad
• Tash-Kumyr Hydroelectric Power Project Kyrgyzstan · Hydro · 450 MW · Jalal-Abad
• Kurpsay Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan · Hydro · 800 MW · Jalal-Abad
• Angren power station · Coal · 393 MW · Toshkent

Location

Coordinates 40.997052, 71.458276 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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