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Verkterteriberskaya HPP

Hydro power plant in Murmansk, Russia. Approximate location 69.0912, 35.0418.

HydroMurmanskRussiaconventional storage

Verkterteriberskaya HPP is a 130 MW hydro power station in Murmansk, Russia. It is operated by PJSC "TGC-1". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 130k homes (estimated). It ranks #362 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1984, it is around 42 years old — long-established. 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).

130Source-backed capacity
130,148homes powered (est.)
1984commissioned (~42 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1061662.

Data status

Known data

FacilityVerkterteriberskaya HPP WRI
CountryRussia · Murmansk WRI
Coordinates69.0912, 35.0418 WRI
FuelHydro WRI
MW installed capacity130 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerPJSC "TGC-1" WRI
Commissioned1984 WRI
Technologyconventional storage WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#362 of 678 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#38 of 105 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.81× · 72 MW median · 105 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent130,148 calculated

Not available

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/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 tracker 2026 (location L100000603286); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 130 MW, Verkterteriberskaya HPP is well above the median hydro plant in Russia (72 MW). Technically it is described as conventional storage. 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 PJSC "TGC-1". All plants by this company →

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 69.1°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): very cold for most of the year

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #38 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 69.0912, 35.0418 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Verkterteriberskaya HPP?

Verkterteriberskaya HPP is a 130 MW source-record hydro power plant in Murmansk, Russia, commissioned in 1984.

How many homes can Verkterteriberskaya HPP power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 130,148 homes (estimated).

Who operates Verkterteriberskaya HPP?

Verkterteriberskaya HPP is operated by PJSC "TGC-1".

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