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Power plants in Belarus

24 power-plant records · 8,535 MW reported capacity

  • Gas 71%
  • Solar 29%
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Belarus at a glance

Power-plant records
24
Reported capacity
8,535 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
3.1%
Most records
Gas, Solar
Grid operator
Belenergo
Capital
Minsk

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Belarus

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Gas and the Astravets nuclear plant supply almost all power. Tariffs are set by the government.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. CustomersGovernment-set tariffs

Who regulates

No separate independent regulator is listed: the government or the utility itself sets tariffs and technical rules.

Who controls the grid

The state-owned Belenergo association runs generation, transmission and distribution under the Ministry of Energy.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

Regional grid

  • IPS/UPS gridRegional grid

    Part of the IPS/UPS synchronous grid inherited from the Soviet power system, coordinated from Russia and linking several former Soviet republics.

What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?

A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Belarus generates electricity

Electricity generated45.8 TWh
Renewable share3.1%
Low-carbon share37.3%
Carbon intensity329.6 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.4 TWh
Wind0.2 TWh
Solar0.26 TWh
Bioenergy0.55 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear15.7 TWh
Coal0.02 TWh
Gas27 TWh
Other fossil1.7 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Belarus is in Eastern Europe. Its landlocked geography makes cross-border connections an important part of its regional setting. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Minsk
Languages
Belarusian, Russian
Region
Eastern Europe

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 24 records for Belarus. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

24 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

24 lack an owner/operator; 24 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Belarus

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Browse 24 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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