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Power plants in Pakistan

A directory of 122 power plants in Pakistan with a combined installed capacity of 62,475 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

122power plants
62,475MW total capacity
7fuel types
0with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Pakistan)

Coal: 44 plants44CoalGas: 31 plants31GasOil: 19 plants19OilHydro: 13 plants13HydroWind: 7 plants7WindSolar: 6 plants6SolarNuclear: 2 plants2Nuclear

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

Pakistan electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

347gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
54.9%low-carbon electricity
42.7%renewables
45.1%fossil fuels
Gas: 21 % of electricity21GasHydro: 20 % of electricity20HydroSolar: 19 % of electricity19SolarCoal: 15 % of electricity15CoalNuclear: 12 % of electricity12NuclearOil: 9 % of electricity9OilWind: 3 % of electricity3WindBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in Pakistan

#PlantFuelMW
1Gadani Power ParkCoal6,600
2TarbelaHydro3,478
3GudduGas1,762
4KAPCO power stationGas1,600
5Ghazi BarothaHydro1,450
6Kot Addu Power Company ltd.Hydro1,368
7Muzaffargarh power stationGas1,350
8ChasnuppNuclear1,330
9Port Qasim EPC power stationCoal1,320
10SahiwalCoal1,320
11Balloki power stationGas1,320
12Hubco power stationCoal1,320
13Keti Bandar power stationCoal1,320
14Mouza Saddan Wali power stationCoal1,320
15Rahim Yar Khan power stationCoal1,320
16Thar Block III power stationCoal1,320
17Thar Block I power stationCoal1,320
18Thar Block VI power stationCoal1,320
19Hub Power ProjectOil1,292
20Trimmu power stationGas1,263

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Coal (44)Gas (31)Oil (19)Hydro (13)Solar (6)

Power plants in Pakistan by region

Punjab (58)Sindh (38)Balochistan (12)

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Pakistan?

There are 122 power plants in Pakistan in this open dataset, with about 62,475 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Pakistan?

Gadani Power Park is the largest at about 6,600 MW (coal).

What fuels generate electricity in Pakistan?

The most common plant type in this dataset is coal (44 plants), across 7 fuel types in total.

How clean is Pakistan's electricity grid?

Pakistan's grid carbon intensity is about 347 gCO₂/kWh, with 54.9% 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)).