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Power plants in Papua New Guinea

A directory of 15 power plants in Papua New Guinea with a combined installed capacity of 407 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

15power plants
407MW total capacity
4fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Papua New Guinea)

Oil: 7 plants7OilHydro: 6 plants6HydroGas: 1 plants1GasGeothermal: 1 plants1Geothermal

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

Papua New Guinea electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

514gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
23.7%low-carbon electricity
23.7%renewables
76.3%fossil fuels
Oil: 57 % of electricity57OilHydro: 21 % of electricity21HydroGas: 19 % of electricity19GasOther Renewables: 2 % of electricity2Other Rene…Solar: 0 % of electricity0SolarBioenergy: 0 % of electricity0Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in Papua New Guinea

#PlantFuelMW
1RamuHydro75
2HidesGas72
3Ok MengaHydro57
4Ok TediOil45
5LaeOil30
6LihirGeothermal30
7KanudiOil24
8Yonki Toe of DamHydro18
9TabubilOil16
10PorgeraOil13
11PauandaHydro12
12UlagunanOil8
13TolkumaOil4
14Lake HargyHydro2
15Sirinumu DamHydro2

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