Yoshkar-Ola CHPP-2 is a 195 MW gas power station in Mariy-El, Russia. It is operated by Branch of Mari El and Chuvashia PJSC "T Plus". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 220k homes (estimated). It ranks #311 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1984, it is around 42 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 44.7% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1003860.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 L100000407339); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 195 MW, Yoshkar-Ola CHPP-2 is around the median gas plant in Russia (200 MW). 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 Branch of Mari El and Chuvashia PJSC "T Plus".
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 56.6°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).
The #171 largest gas power plant of 338 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 338 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 145,594 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 56.6322, 47.8722 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Yoshkar-Ola CHPP-2 is a 195 MW source-record gas power plant in Mariy-El, Russia, commissioned in 1984.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 219,625 homes (estimated).
Yoshkar-Ola CHPP-2 is operated by Branch of Mari El and Chuvashia PJSC "T Plus".
