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Power plants in Bangladesh

A directory of 57 power plants in Bangladesh with a combined installed capacity of 11,840 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

57power plants
11,840MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Bangladesh)

Gas: 27 plants27GasOil: 26 plants26OilSolar: 2 plants2SolarCoal: 1 plants1CoalHydro: 1 plants1Hydro

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

Bangladesh electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

696gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
2.1%low-carbon electricity
2.1%renewables
97.9%fossil fuels
Gas: 64 % of electricity64GasCoal: 22 % of electricity22CoalOil: 12 % of electricity12OilSolar: 2 % of electricity2SolarHydro: 1 % of electricity1Hydro

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

Largest plants in Bangladesh

#PlantFuelMW
1Ashuganj (Aggreko)Gas1,649
2Horippur Power CCPPGas946
3Ghorasal ST :Unit-3Gas861
4Meghnaghat CCPPGas855
5Bheramara GT (Unit-1 2 3)Oil560
6Chittagong RoazanGas553
7Shahjibazar 330 MWGas536
8Siddhirganj (Dutch Bangla)Gas520
9Khulna (KPCL-2)Gas510
10Summit Bibiana-2Gas341
11Fenchuganj (Barakatullah)Gas296
12Shikalbaha Peaking (GT)Oil261
13Barupukuria ST 1Coal250
14Kaptai Hydro:Unit-1 2 3 4 5Hydro230
15Bhola CCPP GT-1 2 STGas227
16Baghabari GT 1Gas223
17Sylhet (Energyprima)Gas222
18MymensinghGas210
19Shiddirganj STGas210
20Madanganj (Summit)Oil157

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