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Power plants in Ukraine

A directory of 98 power plants in Ukraine with a combined installed capacity of 73,847 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

98power plants
73,847MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Ukraine)

Gas: 30 plants30GasSolar: 27 plants27SolarCoal: 22 plants22CoalHydro: 10 plants10HydroNuclear: 9 plants9Nuclear

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

Ukraine electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2022)

250gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
72.2%low-carbon electricity
16.4%renewables
27.8%fossil fuels
Nuclear: 56 % of electricity56NuclearCoal: 21 % of electricity21CoalHydro: 10 % of electricity10HydroGas: 6 % of electricity6GasSolar: 5 % of electricity5SolarWind: 1 % of electricity1WindBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1BioenergyOil: 0 % of electricity0Oil

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

Largest plants in Ukraine

#PlantFuelMW
1ZaporozhyeNuclear6,000
2Chernobyl nuclear power plantNuclear5,800
3Chyhyryn nuclear power plantNuclear4,000
4Crimean nuclear power plantNuclear3,800
5Vuglegirska power stationCoal3,600
6South UkraineNuclear3,000
7Rivne (Rouno)Nuclear2,835
8Zaporizhia power stationCoal2,825
9Burshtyn power stationCoal2,334
10Zmiivska power stationCoal2,200
11KhmelnytskaNuclear2,000
12Kharkiv nuclear power plantNuclear2,000
13Odessa nuclear power plantNuclear2,000
14Ladyzhyn power stationCoal1,800
15TrypilskaCoal1,800
16StarobeshivskaCoal1,775
17Kryvorizka power stationCoal1,764
18Dneipro HPP 2Hydro1,538
19Kurakhov power stationCoal1,517
20Zuevskaya power stationCoal1,290

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Ukraine?

There are 98 power plants in Ukraine in this open dataset, with about 73,847 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Ukraine?

Zaporozhye is the largest at about 6,000 MW (nuclear).

What fuels generate electricity in Ukraine?

The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (30 plants), across 5 fuel types in total.

How clean is Ukraine's electricity grid?

Ukraine's grid carbon intensity is about 250 gCO₂/kWh, with 72.2% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).