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Power plants in Afghanistan

A directory of 9 power plants in Afghanistan with a combined installed capacity of 301 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

9power plants
301MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Afghanistan)

Hydro: 6 plants6HydroSolar: 2 plants2SolarGas: 1 plants1Gas

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Afghanistan electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

131gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
86.9%low-carbon electricity
86.9%renewables
13.1%fossil fuels
Hydro: 76 % of electricity76HydroSolar: 11 % of electricity11SolarOil: 10 % of electricity10OilCoal: 3 % of electricity3Coal

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Afghanistan

#PlantFuelMW
1Naghlu Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro100
2Mahipar Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro66
3Northwest Kabul Power Plant AfghanistanGas42
4Kajaki Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro33
5Sarobi Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro22
6Nangarhar (Darunta) Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro12
7Kandahar DOGSolar10
8Kandahar JOLSolar10
9Pul-e-Khumri Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro6

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