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Power Plants in Russia

Russia has 545 power plants on the map, adding up to about 228 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is gas. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS545

TOTAL CAPACITY228 GW

MOST COMMON FUELGas

By fuel

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

Gas258 · 47% · 107 GW

Hydro105 · 19% · 46 GW

Coal96 · 18% · 46 GW

Solar57 · 10% · 841 MW

Nuclear10 · 2% · 28 GW

Oil8 · 1% · 100 MW

Biomass3 · 1% · 580 MW

Geothermal3 · 1% · 74 MW

Wind3 · 1% · 42 MW

Other2 · 0% · 30 MW

Largest power plants in Russia

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

8,865 MWSurgutskaya GRES-2Gas1979

6,000 MWKrasnoyarskHydro1972

5,690 MWCHP-23Gas1966

4,500 MWBratsk HPPHydro

4,000 MWBalakovo NPPNuclear

4,000 MWKalinn NPPNuclear

4,000 MWKurskNuclear

4,000 MWLeningrad NPPNuclear

4,000 MWRostov NPPNuclear2001

3,840 MWUst Illminsk (HPP)Hydro1974

3,800 MWReftinskaya GRESCoal1970

3,600 MWKrostromskayaGas

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