Gas power plant in Balkan, Turkmenistan. Approximate location 40.0328, 52.959.
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Turkmenbashi Oil Refinery OCGT Power Plant Turkmenistan is a 126 MW gas power station in Balkan, Turkmenistan. It is operated by Turkmennebit [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 142k homes (estimated). It ranks #15 of 15 Turkmenistan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2023, it is around 3 years old — recently built. In context, gas supplies about 100.0% of Turkmenistan's electricity; the national grid averages 1,306 gCO₂/kWh (0.0% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0041740.
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: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 126 MW, Turkmenbashi Oil Refinery OCGT Power Plant Turkmenistan is below the median gas plant in Turkmenistan (254 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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 Turkmennebit [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 40.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 20% below 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: 43/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), 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.
The #13 largest gas power plant of 13 in Turkmenistan by capacity.
Turkmenistan has 13 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 8,772 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 40.0328, 52.959 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Turkmenbashi Oil Refinery OCGT Power Plant Turkmenistan is a 126 MW source-record gas power plant in Balkan, Turkmenistan, commissioned in 2023.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 141,912 homes (estimated).
Turkmenbashi Oil Refinery OCGT Power Plant Turkmenistan is operated by Turkmennebit [100%].
