Mongolia Energy Crisis Deepens Amid Delays and Murky Power Plant-5 Project
- Amar Adiya
- Aug 26
- 3 min read
A murky tender for a critical energy project challenges Mongolia’s anti-corruption drive.
Almost half of Mongolia lives in Ulaanbaatar, the world’s coldest capital, where winters hit –30 °C.
Heat and power still come from aging Soviet-era plants—some from the 1960s and ’80s—prone to breakdowns and occasional fires, leaving the city shivering every winter.
Another winter is coming, and the capital’s energy security again rests on a project that has existed more on paper than in concrete: Power Plant-5.
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