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Power plants in Russia

A directory of 545 power plants in Russia with a combined installed capacity of 228,220 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

545power plants
228,220MW total capacity
10fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Russia)

Gas: 258 plants258GasHydro: 105 plants105HydroCoal: 96 plants96CoalSolar: 57 plants57SolarNuclear: 10 plants10NuclearOil: 8 plants8OilBiomass: 3 plants3BiomassGeothermal: 3 plants3Geothermal

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Russia electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

450gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
35.7%low-carbon electricity
17.4%renewables
64.3%fossil fuels
Gas: 45 % of electricity45GasCoal: 18 % of electricity18CoalNuclear: 18 % of electricity18NuclearHydro: 17 % of electricity17HydroOil: 1 % of electricity1OilWind: 0 % of electricity0WindSolar: 0 % of electricity0SolarBioenergy: 0 % of electricity0Bioenergy

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Russia

#PlantFuelMW
1Surgutskaya GRES-2Gas8,865
2KrasnoyarskHydro6,000
3CHP-23Gas5,690
4Bratsk HPPHydro4,500
5Balakovo NPPNuclear4,000
6Kalinn NPPNuclear4,000
7KurskNuclear4,000
8Leningrad NPPNuclear4,000
9Rostov NPPNuclear4,000
10Ust Illminsk (HPP)Hydro3,840
11Reftinskaya GRESCoal3,800
12KrostromskayaGas3,600
13PermskayaGas3,363
14SmolenskNuclear3,000
15Boguchanskaya HPPHydro2,997
16Volzhskaya HPPHydro2,671
17Kirishskaya GRESGas2,595
18KonakovskayaGas2,520
19Zhigulevskaya HPPHydro2,467
20IriklinskayaGas2,444

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