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Power Plants in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has 33 power plants on the map, adding up to about 19 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is coal. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS33

TOTAL CAPACITY19 GW

MOST COMMON FUELCoal

By fuel

How Kazakhstan’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.

Coal22 · 67% · 16 GW

Solar5 · 15% · 270 MW

Hydro4 · 12% · 2 GW

Gas2 · 6% · 400 MW

Largest power plants in Kazakhstan

The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.

4,000 MWEkibastuz-1 power stationCoal1982

2,450 MWAksu power stationCoal1972

1,255 MWMAEK-Kazatoprom TPP-2Coal

1,230 MWOJSC Zhambyl GRESCoal

1,000 MWEkibastuz-2 power stationCoal1992

855 MWPavlodar TPP-1Coal1959

720 MWShulbinskaya HPPHydro1987

675 MWJSC BukhtarminskayaHydro

608 MWKaraganda GRES-2Coal1996

590 MWKaraganda TPS-3 power stationCoal1988

510 MWAlmaty TPP-2Coal

475 MWKaraganda TETS 1Coal2002

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