The Darkhan Thermal Power Plant () is a coal-fired cogeneration power station in Darkhan City, Darkhan-Uul Province, Mongolia.
The plan to establish the power plant was made on 31March1961. Two years later in 1963, the construction of the power plant commenced. It was then commissioned on 2October1965. In 2012, the plant underwent overhaul works on its turbines. In 2019, a 35MW generator was further added to the plant.
Upon its first commissioning, the power plant consists of four generation units with a total of 48MW installed generation capacity. Currently the power plant has a total installed generation capacity of 83MW. It generated 261GWh of electricity in 2010.
It also acts as a district heating for Darkhan City. It has a heat supply capacity of 1,675GJ/h and annual heat generation of 2,440,000GJ in 2020.
Electricity generated from the power plant is transmitted through 110kV overhead power line to Darkhan 220kV substation, Sükhbaatar City, Darkhan City, Eruu and Sharyn Gol Coal Mine. It is also distributed through 35kV line to Enkh Tal and Darkhan State Agricultural Farm and through 6kV line to industries in Darkhan City.
The power plant receives coal for its fuel from Ulaan Ovoo coal mine, Sharyn Gol Coal Mine and Baganuur Coal Mine.
The electricity production cost from the plant is â®20.01 per kWh and sold for â®28.05. The heat production cost from the plant is â®4,073.3 per Gcal and sold for â®1,393.8.