Power plants in Papua New GuineaA directory of 15 power plants in Papua New Guinea with a combined installed capacity of 441 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.
Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramu | Hydro | 75 |
| 2 | Hides | Gas | 72 |
| 3 | Kanudi | Oil | 58 |
| 4 | Ok Menga | Hydro | 57 |
| 5 | Ok Tedi | Oil | 45 |
| 6 | Lae | Oil | 30 |
| 7 | Lihir | Geothermal | 30 |
| 8 | Yonki Toe of Dam | Hydro | 18 |
| 9 | Tabubil | Oil | 16 |
| 10 | Porgera | Oil | 13 |
| 11 | Pauanda | Hydro | 12 |
| 12 | Ulagunan | Oil | 8 |
| 13 | Tolkuma | Oil | 4 |
| 14 | Lake Hargy | Hydro | 2 |
| 15 | Sirinumu Dam | Hydro | 2 |
There are 15 power plants in Papua New Guinea in this open dataset, with about 441 MW of total capacity.
Ramu is the largest at about 75 MW (hydro).
The most common plant type in this dataset is oil (7 plants), across 4 fuel types in total.
Papua New Guinea's grid carbon intensity is about 514 gCO₂/kWh, with 23.7% 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)).
