Zhezkazgan-2 power station — Kazakhstan
Coal power plant in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Approximate location 47.8402877, 67.6137144.
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Zhezkazgan-2 power station is a 500 MW coal power station in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. It ranks #30 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 54.3% 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 GEM_coa_zhezkazgan2_kazak.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 500 MW, Zhezkazgan-2 power station is well above the median coal plant in Kazakhstan (435 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #13 largest coal power plant of 32 in Kazakhstan by capacity.
Kazakhstan has 32 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 20,941 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Zhezkazgan power station · Coal · 252 MW · Qaraghandy
Location
Coordinates 47.8402877, 67.6137144 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Zhezkazgan-2 power station?
Zhezkazgan-2 power station is a 500 MW coal power plant in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Announced 2030.