Yuzhnouralskaya GRES power station is a 747 MW coal power station in Chelyabinsk, Russia. It is operated by Kashirskaya GRES LLC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 935k homes (estimated). It ranks #104 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1959, it is around 67 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 18.4% 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 GEM_coa_yuzhnouralskayagres_russi.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
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 347 MW for Yuzhnouralskaya GRES 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
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000103318; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 747 MW, Yuzhnouralskaya GRES power station is well above the median coal plant in Russia (340 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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.
Key facts
- Share of Russia coal capacity
- 1.2% of 64,498 MW across 127 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 34 of 101 dated coal plants in Russia are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in Russia
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Kashirskaya GRES LLC [100%].
Climate zone & how it works
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 54.5°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).
How it compares & nearby plants
The #21 largest coal power plant of 127 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 127 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 64,498 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Yuzhnouralskaya 2 · Gas · 1,591.5 MW · Chelyabinsk
- Troitskaya GRES · Coal · 2,234 MW · Chelyabinsk
- Tominskiy GOK power station · Gas · 206.8 MW · Chelyabinsk Oblast
- Chelyabinsk CHP-2 power station · Coal · 320 MW · Chelyabinsk
- Chelyabinsk GRES · Gas · 757 MW · Chelyabinsk
- Chelyabinsk CHP-1 · Gas · 1,129.1 MW · Chelyabinsk
Location
Coordinates 54.455171, 61.235905 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Yuzhnouralskaya GRES power station?
Yuzhnouralskaya GRES power station is a 747 MW coal power plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia, commissioned in 1959.
Who operates Yuzhnouralskaya GRES power station?
Yuzhnouralskaya GRES power station is operated by Kashirskaya GRES LLC [100%].