Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phulbari power station (Sinohydro) | Coal | 4,000 |
| 2 | Munshiganj power station | Gas | 3,960 |
| 3 | ACWA LNG power station | Gas | 3,600 |
| 4 | Maheshkhali power station | Gas | 3,600 |
| 5 | Patuakhali power station (Ashuganj) | Gas | 3,600 |
| 6 | Payra LNG power station | Gas | 3,600 |
| 7 | Patuakhali power station (RPCL/NORINCO) | Coal | 2,640 |
| 8 | Payra power station (BCPCL) | Coal | 2,640 |
| 9 | Rampal power station | Coal | 2,640 |
| 10 | Pekua power station | Coal | 2,600 |
| 11 | Matarbari Summit power station | Gas | 2,400 |
| 12 | Matarbari power station | Coal | 2,400 |
| 13 | Rooppur nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 2,400 |
| 14 | Sonagazi Feni power station | Gas | 2,200 |
| 15 | Phulbari power station (China Gezhouba) | Coal | 2,000 |
| 16 | Mirsarai LNG power station | Gas | 1,800 |
| 17 | Ashuganj (Aggreko) | Gas | 1,649 |
| 18 | Pertamina Bangladesh power station | Gas | 1,400 |
| 19 | Maheshkhali power station (BPDB/TNB) | Gas | 1,320 |
| 20 | Banshkhali power station (S Alam) | Coal | 1,320 |
There are 129 power plants in Bangladesh in this open dataset, with about 90,146 MW of total capacity.
Phulbari power station (Sinohydro) is the largest at about 4,000 MW (coal).
The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (50 plants), across 6 fuel types in total.
Bangladesh's grid carbon intensity is about 696 gCO₂/kWh, with 2.1% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
Power plants in Bangladesh