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Cleanest power plants in Russia — largest zero-carbon

The largest zero-carbon power plants in Russia (solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, geothermal) by capacity — clean-energy leaders. Open data.

#PlantFuelCountryMW
1KrasnoyarskHydroRussia6,000
2Tver nuclear power plantNuclearRussia4,800
3Bratsk HPPHydroRussia4,500
4Bashkir nuclear power plantNuclearRussia4,410
5Tatar nuclear power plantNuclearRussia4,405
6Leningrad NPPNuclearRussia4,376
7Rostov NPPNuclearRussia4,071
8Balakovo NPPNuclearRussia4,000
9Kalinn NPPNuclearRussia4,000
10KurskNuclearRussia4,000
11Ust Illminsk (HPP)HydroRussia3,840
12South Urals nuclear power plantNuclearRussia3,660
13SmolenskNuclearRussia3,000
14Boguchanskaya HPPHydroRussia2,997
15Volzhskaya HPPHydroRussia2,734
16Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plantNuclearRussia2,510
17Central/Kostroma nuclear power plantNuclearRussia2,500
18Zhigulevskaya HPPHydroRussia2,488
19Novocherkassk nuclear power plantNuclearRussia2,400
20Baltiyskaya nuclear power plantNuclearRussia2,364
21Primorsk nuclear power plantNuclearRussia2,100
22Byreyskaya HPPHydroRussia2,010
23NovovoronezhNuclearRussia1,880
24Dagestan BranchHydroRussia1,786
25Kola NPPNuclearRussia1,760
26BeloyarskNuclearRussia1,485
27Saratovskaya HPPHydroRussia1,427
28Cheboksarskaya HPPHydroRussia1,370
29Zeyskaya HPPHydroRussia1,330
30Nizhnekamsk hydroelectric power stationHydroRussia1,205
31Zagorskaya PSPPHydroRussia1,200
32Khabarovsk nuclear power plantNuclearRussia1,200
33Votkinskaya HPPHydroRussia1,085
34Chirkey HPPHydroRussia1,000
35Kolymskaya HPPHydroRussia900
36Vilyuiskaya HPP (HPP-1 HPP-2)HydroRussia680
37IkustskHydroRussia662.4
38Siberian nuclear power plantNuclearRussia601
39Kureyskaya HPPHydroRussia600
40Kamskaya HPPHydroRussia552
41Nizhegorodskaya HPPHydroRussia531
42Novosibirskaya HPPHydroRussia490
43Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plantNuclearRussia424
44Irganayskaya HPPHydroRussia400
45Rybinskaya HPPHydroRussia386
46Mainskaya HPPHydroRussia321
47Norilsk nuclear power plantNuclearRussia320
48Seversk nuclear power plantNuclearRussia320
49Zelenchukskaya HPP-PSPPHydroRussia300
50Verkhnetulomskaya HPPHydroRussia284
51Miatlinskaya HPPHydroRussia220
52Tsimlyanskaya HPPHydroRussia211.5
53Serebryanskaya HPP-1HydroRussia201
54HPP-2 of the Cascade of the Kuban HPPsHydroRussia184
55Krivoporozhskaya HPPHydroRussia180
56Pavlovskaya HPPHydroRussia166.4
57Verkhne-Svirskaya HPPHydroRussia160
58Serebryanskaya HPP-2HydroRussia156
59Niva GES-3HydroRussia155.5
60Knyazhegub Hydroelectric Power PlantHydroRussia152
61Verkterteriberskaya HPPHydroRussia130
62Narva HPPHydroRussia124.8
63Svetogorskaya HPPHydroRussia122
64Uglich HPPHydroRussia120
65Lesogorsky HPPHydroRussia118
66Ust-Kuyga nuclear power plantNuclearRussia110
67Gotsatlinskaya HPPHydroRussia100
68Dimitrovgrad nuclear power plantNuclearRussia100
69Nizhne-Svirskaya HPPHydroRussia99
70Iovskaya HPPHydroRussia96
71GES-3 of the Cascade of Kuban HPPsHydroRussia87
72Mamakanskaya HPPHydroRussia86
73Putkinskaya HPPHydroRussia84
74Volkhov HEPPHydroRussia84
75Kumskaya HPPHydroRussia80
76Ondsk Hydroelectric Power StationHydroRussia80
77HPP-4 of the Cascade of Kuban HPPsHydroRussia78
78Chiryurt HPP-1HydroRussia72
79Akademik Lomonosov nuclear power plantNuclearRussia70
80Kashhatau HPP of the Cascade of Nizhne-Cherekskiye HPPsHydroRussia65.1
81Matkozhnenskaya HPPHydroRussia63
82Samara SSSolarRussia61.5
83AkhtubinskySolarRussia60
84Aushegerskaya HPP of the Cascade of Nizhne-Cherekskiye HPPsHydroRussia60
85Niva GES-2HydroRussia60
86Orenburg 3TSolarRussia60
87Borisoglebskaya HPPHydroRussia56
88Nizhnetulomskaya HPPHydroRussia52.7
89Mutnovskaya GeoPPGeothermalRussia50
90Belorechenskaya HPPHydroRussia48
91Poduzhemskaya HPPHydroRussia48
92Hevasaski hydroelectric power stationHydroRussia47
93Ezminskaya HPPHydroRussia45
94Orenburg 1TSolarRussia45
95Yumaguzinskaya HPPHydroRussia45
96Gelbakh HEPPHydroRussia44
97Rajakoski HPPHydroRussia43.2
98Vygostrovskaya HPPHydroRussia40
99GES-1 of the Cascade of the Kuban HPPsHydroRussia37
100BilibinoNuclearRussia36
101Ulyanovsk (Simbirskaya) wind farmWindRussia35
102Zaragizhskaya HPP of the Cascade of Nizhne-Cherekskiye HPPsHydroRussia30.6
103Янискоски ГЭСHydroRussia30.5
104Egorylykskaya HPP of the Cascade of Kuban HPPsHydroRussia30
105The Palocorg hydropower plantHydroRussia30
106Krasnopolyanskaya HPPHydroRussia28.9
107Shirokovskaya HPPHydroRussia28
108Baksanskaya HPPHydroRussia27
109Belomorskaya HPPHydroRussia27
110Nizhneteriberskaya HPPHydroRussia26.5
111Niva GES-1HydroRussia26
112Kondopoga Hydroelectric Power StationHydroRussia25.6
113Buribay 3SolarRussia25
114ElshanSolarRussia25
115Orskaya SES them. AAVlazneva (Sakmarskaya)SolarRussia25
116Paleozerskaya HPPHydroRussia25
117Sol-Iletsk SESSolarRussia25
118HPP-2 Cascade HPP on the Tolmachyov RiverHydroRussia24.8
119Tolmachevskaya HPP-2HydroRussia24.8
120Gizeldonskaya HPPHydroRussia22.8
121MaimaSolarRussia20
122HPP-3 of the Cascade of HPPs on the Tolmachyov RiverHydroRussia18.4
123Tolmachevskaya HPP-3HydroRussia18.4
124Yushkozerskaya HPPHydroRussia18
125Gergebilskaya HPPHydroRussia17.8
126The hydroelectric power station of the Cascade of Kuban hydroelectric power stationsHydroRussia15.9
127BVSSolarRussia15
128BaleiSolarRussia15
129BorodinovskayaSolarRussia15
130ChesmenskayaSolarRussia15
131Elista EastSolarRussia15
132Elista NorthSolarRussia15
133Elista WestSolarRussia15
134EnotaevkaSolarRussia15
135Gunibskaya HPPHydroRussia15
136KabanskayaSolarRussia15
137MikhailovskayaSolarRussia15
138NovouzenskayaSolarRussia15
139Orenburg SES-6SolarRussia15
140PugachyovskySolarRussia15
141RubberSolarRussia15
142RudnikSolarRussia15
143SES "Niva"SolarRussia15
144SES "Promstroymaterialy"SolarRussia15
145SES "Zavodskaya"SolarRussia15
146Sengileevskaya HPP of the Cascade of the Kuban HPPsHydroRussia15
147The head HPP of the Ardon cascade of Zaramagh hydroelectric power stationsHydroRussia15
148Volodarovka CISolarRussia15
149Volodarovka MRTSSolarRussia15
150Egorylykskaya HPP-2 of the Cascade of Kuban HPPsHydroRussia14.2
151Pauzhetskaya GeoPPGeothermalRussia12
152Verkhne-Mutnovskaya GeoPPGeothermalRussia12
153Svistukhinskaya HPP of the Cascade of Kuban HPPsHydroRussia11.8
154Kaitakoski HPPHydroRussia11.2
155AleksandrovskayaSolarRussia10
156Bashkir SES-5SolarRussia10
157BaymakSolarRussia10
158Bichur SESSolarRussia10
159Bugulchanskaya SES-2SolarRussia10
160Buribaevskaya SESSolarRussia10
161Grachevskaya SESSolarRussia10
162IninskayaSolarRussia10
163Orenburg SES-5SolarRussia10
164Pleshanovskaya SESSolarRussia10
165YuldybaevskayaSolarRussia10
166Maikop Hydropower PlantHydroRussia9.4
167Chiryurt HPP-2HydroRussia9
168IsyangulovoSolarRussia9
169Dzau HPSHydroRussia8
170Verkhoturskaya HPPHydroRussia7
171Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk nuclear power plantNuclearRussia6
172Abakan SESSolarRussia5.2
173Ushakovskaya wind farm (VES Zelenogradskaya)WindRussia5.1
174Akjar HevelSolarRussia5
175Bashkir SES-6SolarRussia5
176Bugulchanskaya SESSolarRussia5
177CaspianSolarRussia5
178DerzhavinskayaSolarRussia5
179Hunzah 1SolarRussia5
180Kosh-Agach SES-1SolarRussia5
181Kosh-Agach SES-2SolarRussia5
182MatraevskayaSolarRussia5
183OngudaySolarRussia5
184Orlov-GaySolarRussia5
185Perevolotskaya SESSolarRussia5
186Ust-Kansky SESSolarRussia5
187MHPP LyaskelHydroRussia4.8
188MachatschkalaSolarRussia4
189Novotroitskaya HPP of the Cascade of the Kuban HPPsHydroRussia3.7
190Pavlodolskaya HPPHydroRussia2.6
191Tyupkildy Wind FarmWindRussia2.2
192GES-1 of the Cascade of HPPs on the Tolmachyov RiverHydroRussia2
193Syzran HPPHydroRussia2
194Tolmachevskaya HPP-1HydroRussia2
195Ahtynskaya SHPPHydroRussia1.8
196SES BatagaySolarRussia1

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Frequently asked questions

What ranks first in cleanest power plants in russia — largest zero-carbon?

Krasnoyarsk (Russia) ranks #1 with 6,000 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 196 power plants in Russia.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Krasnoyarsk (6,000); 2. Tver nuclear power plant (4,800); 3. Bratsk HPP (4,500).