Bac Lieu Project power station — Vietnam

Bac Lieu Project power station is a 3,200 MW gas power station in Bac Lieu, Vietnam. It ranks #19 of 298 Vietnam power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 6.2% of Vietnam's electricity; the national grid averages 461 gCO₂/kWh (45.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_baclieu_vietna.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 3,200 MW, Bac Lieu Project power station is well above the median gas plant in Vietnam (2,250 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); GE Power: 9HA.02. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #14 largest gas power plant of 42 in Vietnam by capacity.

Vietnam has 42 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 111,992 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Bac Lieu Wind power · Wind · 99 MW · Bac Lieu
• Than Bac Lieu power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Bạc Liêu
• Long Phu Power Centre · Coal · 4,320 MW · Sóc Trăng
• Ca Mau 1 · Gas · 1,500 MW · Ca Mau
• Hau Giang Lee & Man power station · Coal · 125 MW ·
• Song Hau Thermal Power Plant · Coal · 5,200 MW · Hậu Giang

Location

Coordinates 9.305781, 105.720516 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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