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Power plants in Malaysia

A directory of 55 power plants in Malaysia with a combined installed capacity of 28,794 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

55power plants
28,794MW total capacity
6fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Malaysia)

Gas: 20 plants20GasSolar: 14 plants14SolarHydro: 9 plants9HydroCoal: 7 plants7CoalOil: 4 plants4OilBiomass: 1 plants1Biomass

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

Malaysia electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

602gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
20.7%low-carbon electricity
20.7%renewables
79.3%fossil fuels
Coal: 45 % of electricity45CoalGas: 34 % of electricity34GasHydro: 18 % of electricity18HydroSolar: 2 % of electricity2SolarOil: 1 % of electricity1OilBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in Malaysia

#PlantFuelMW
1Manjung power stationCoal4,180
2Tanjung Bin power stationCoal3,244
3Kapar Energy Ventures (KEV)Gas2,420
4Tg. Bin EnergyCoal2,100
5Sultan Aziz power stationCoal1,600
6Jimah power stationCoal1,400
7SegariGas1,303
8PakaGas1,136
9TNB PraiGas1,071
10Connought BridgeGas828
11YTL PakaGas780
12Genting SanyenGas762
13Tuanku Jaafar (PDI)Gas714
14Tyanku Jaafar (PDII)Gas708
15Teknologi Tenaga Perlis ConsortiumGas650
16GB3Gas640
17PutrajayaGas625
18PergauHydro600
19KenyirHydro400
20Prai PowerGas350

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