Gas power plant in Mugalzhar, Kazakhstan. Approximate location 48.386782, 57.433541.
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Zhanazhol 3 power station is a 160 MW gas power station in Mugalzhar, Kazakhstan. It is operated by CNPC-AktobeMunaiGaz JSC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 180k homes (estimated). It ranks #57 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 29.4% of Kazakhstan's electricity; the national grid averages 805 gCO₂/kWh (14.9% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_zhanazhol3_kazakh.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406889; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 160 MW, Zhanazhol 3 power station is below the median gas plant in Kazakhstan (250 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. 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 CNPC-AktobeMunaiGaz JSC [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 48.4°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 #25 largest gas power plant of 35 in Kazakhstan by capacity.
Kazakhstan has 35 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 13,872 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 48.386782, 57.433541 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Zhanazhol 3 power station is a 160 MW gas power plant in Mugalzhar, Kazakhstan, commissioned in 2016.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 180,205 homes (estimated).
Zhanazhol 3 power station is operated by CNPC-AktobeMunaiGaz JSC [100%].
