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Verkhoturskaya HPP

Hydro power plant in Sverdlovsk, Russia. Approximate location 58.8532, 60.7552.

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Verkhoturskaya HPP is a 7 MW hydro power plant in Sverdlovsk, Russia. It is operated by Sverdlovsk Branch of PJSC "T Plus". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 7.0k homes (estimated). It ranks #638 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1943, it is around 83 years old — an older, legacy facility. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 16.7% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).

7Legacy source-record capacity
7,008homes powered (est.)
1943commissioned (~83 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1062091.

Data status

Known data

FacilityVerkhoturskaya HPP WRI
CountryRussia · Sverdlovsk WRI
Coordinates58.8532, 60.7552 WRI
FuelHydro WRI
MW installed capacity7 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerSverdlovsk Branch of PJSC "T Plus" WRI
Commissioned1943 WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#638 of 678 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#98 of 105 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.10× · 72 MW median · 105 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent7,008 calculated

Not available

TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

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

In context: how this plant compares

At 7 MW, Verkhoturskaya HPP is below the median hydro plant in Russia (72 MW). Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Russia

Krasnoyarsk: 6,000 MW6kKrasnoyarskBratsk HPP: 4,500 MW4kBratsk HPPUst Illminsk (HPP): 3,840 MW4kUst Illmin…Boguchanskaya HPP: 2,997 MW3kBoguchansk…Volzhskaya HPP: 2,734 MW3kVolzhskaya…Zhigulevskaya HPP: 2,488 MW2kZhigulevsk…Byreyskaya HPP: 2,010 MW2kByreyskaya…Dagestan Branch: 1,786 MW2kDagestan B…

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

Owner

Operated by Sverdlovsk Branch of PJSC "T Plus".

Climate zone & how it works

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 58.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~0°Ctypical annual mean
~14°Ctypical warm-season mean
Subarctic (boreal): long cold winters and short, cool summers

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby plants

The #98 largest hydro power plant of 105 in Russia by capacity.

Russia has 105 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 45,810 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 58.8532, 60.7552 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Verkhoturskaya HPP?

Verkhoturskaya HPP is a 7 MW source-record hydro power plant in Sverdlovsk, Russia, commissioned in 1943.

How many homes can Verkhoturskaya HPP power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 7,008 homes (estimated).

Who operates Verkhoturskaya HPP?

Verkhoturskaya HPP is operated by Sverdlovsk Branch of PJSC "T Plus".

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