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Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) — power plant portfolio

Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) operates 10 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 7,792 MW.

10power plants
7,792MW total capacity
1countries
t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 10 plants10Hydro

Fleet interpretation

Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is Pakistan (10).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (10). The largest listed asset is Tarbela in Pakistan (3,478 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 786 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 0 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 0 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 10 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
TarbelaHydroPakistan3,478
Ghazi BarothaHydroPakistan1,450
Kot Addu Power Company ltd.HydroPakistan1,368
ManglaHydroPakistan1,070
WarsakHydroPakistan243
ChashmaHydroPakistan184
RasulHydroPakistan22
DargaiHydroPakistan20
ShadiwalHydroPakistan14
ChichokiHydroPakistan13

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) operate?

Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) operates 10 power plants across 1 country, with about 7,792 MW of total capacity.

What is Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)'s largest power plant?

Tarbela in Pakistan is its largest at about 3,478 MW.

What types of power plants does Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (10).

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology