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Power plants in Mongolia

8 power-plant records · 904 MW reported capacity

  • Solar 50%
  • Coal 38%
  • Wind 13%
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Mongolia at a glance

Power-plant records
8
Reported capacity
904 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
8.8%
Most records
Solar, Coal
Capital
Ulan Bator

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 Mongolia

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Coal-fired combined heat and power supplies most electricity, with imports from Russia.

  1. GenerationState utility + private producers
  2. TransmissionOne state buyer
  3. DistributionUtility networks
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • ERCEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State-owned NPTG runs transmission; the National Dispatching Centre dispatches.

Markets & power exchanges

No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.

Regional grid

Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.

What does “Single buyer” mean?

Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.

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 Mongolia generates electricity

Electricity generated8.8 TWh
Renewable share8.8%
Low-carbon share8.8%
Carbon intensity810.7 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.06 TWh
Wind0.51 TWh
Solar0.21 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal7.5 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0.57 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

Mongolia is in Eastern Asia. 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
Ulan Bator
Languages
Mongolian
Region
Eastern Asia

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 8 records for Mongolia. 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

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

5 lack an owner/operator; 4 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Mongolia

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Browse 8 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

8 matching records · showing 8

Owner in source
Central Energy System
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1982
Source status
Operating status unverified
GCPT · historical recordDetails & map
15 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map

Darkhan

Solar
10 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map
10 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map

MW measures rated capacity, not electricity generated. Records may describe units, installations, projects or whole complexes. Review inventory coverage and licenses. Download this country’s records.