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Power plants in Laos

A directory of 20 power plants in Laos with a combined installed capacity of 4,987 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

20power plants
4,987MW total capacity
2fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Laos)

Hydro: 19 plants19HydroCoal: 1 plants1Coal

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

Laos electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

232gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
76.7%low-carbon electricity
76.7%renewables
23.3%fossil fuels
Hydro: 76 % of electricity76HydroCoal: 23 % of electricity23CoalSolar: 0 % of electricity0SolarBioenergy: 0 % of electricity0Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in Laos

#PlantFuelMW
1HongsaCoal1,878
2Nam Theun 2Hydro1,070
3Nam Ngum 2Hydro735
4Theun HinbounHydro280
5Xekaman 3Hydro250
6Houay HoHydro157
7Nam Ngum 1Hydro155
8Xeset 1Hydro121
9Nam Lik 1-2Hydro100
10Nam LeukHydro60
11Nam Ngiep 3AHydro44
12Nan Mang 3Hydro40
13Nam Pha GnaiHydro19
14Xe Namnoy 2 - Xe Katam !Hydro15
15Xenamnoy 1Hydro15
16Nam NgaHydro14
17Nam SanaHydro14
18Nam SimHydro9
19Nam LongHydro5
20Nam SamoyHydro5

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Hydro (19)