Vuglegirska power station is a 3,600 MW coal power station in Donetsk, Ukraine. It ranks #5 of 98 Ukraine power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1973, it is around 53 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 20.9% of Ukraine's electricity; the national grid averages 250 gCO₂/kWh (72.2% low-carbon) (2022).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1005107.
Data status
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 1,200 MW for Vuglegirska power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 3,600 MW, Vuglegirska power station is well above the median coal plant in Ukraine (1,210 MW). Technically it is described as Steam; subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #1 largest coal power plant of 22 in Ukraine by capacity.
Ukraine has 22 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 26,630 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Myronivskyi power station · Coal · 275 MW · Donetsk
- Mironovskaya · Coal · 815 MW · Donetsk
- Zuevskaya power station · Coal · 1,290 MW · Donetsk
- Zasyadko mines power station · Gas · 72 MW · Donetsk Oblast
- Slavyansk power station · Coal · 600 MW · Donetsk
- Severodonetsk CHP power station · Gas · 150 MW · Luhansk
Location
Coordinates 48.4652, 38.2027 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Vuglegirska power station?
Vuglegirska power station is a 3,600 MW coal power plant in Donetsk, Ukraine, commissioned in 1973.