Bayat IPP power station — Afghanistan

Bayat IPP power station is a 160 MW gas power station in Jowzjan, Afghanistan. It ranks #2 of 17 Afghanistan power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 0.0% of Afghanistan's electricity; the national grid averages 131 gCO₂/kWh (86.9% low-carbon) (2024).

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

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 160 MW, Bayat IPP power station is well above the median gas plant in Afghanistan (100 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #2 largest gas power plant of 7 in Afghanistan by capacity.

Afghanistan has 7 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 4,216 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Sheberghan power plant · Gas · 50 MW · Jawzjan
• Azizi Energy power station · Gas · 3,700 MW · Jowzjan
• Tuti-Maidan power plant · Gas · 100 MW · Faryab
• Mazar IPP power station · Gas · 59 MW · Balkh
• Surkhandarya power station · Gas · 1,560 MW · Surkhandarya
• Watan power station · Gas · 254 MW · Lebap

Location

Coordinates 36.692494, 65.985089 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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