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 219,625 homes (estimated). It ranks #219 of 545 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.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Branch of Mari El and Chuvashia PJSC "T Plus". All plants by this company →
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 #118 largest gas power plant of 258 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 258 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 106,722 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 56.6322, 47.8722 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
