Boalkhali power station — Bangladesh

Boalkhali power station is a 800 MW gas power station in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It ranks #36 of 129 Bangladesh power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 64.3% of Bangladesh's electricity; the national grid averages 696 gCO₂/kWh (2.1% low-carbon) (2025).

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

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 800 MW, Boalkhali power station is well above the median gas plant in Bangladesh (553 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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 #17 largest gas power plant of 50 in Bangladesh by capacity.

Bangladesh has 50 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 44,028 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Rauzan power station · Gas · 820 MW · Chittagong
• Shikalbaha Peaking (GT) · Oil · 261 MW · Chittagong
• Chittagong power station (Orion) · Coal · 283 MW · Chattogram
• Chittagong Roazan · Gas · 553 MW · Chittagong
• Noapara (khanjahan ali) · Oil · 40 MW · Chittagong
• Jhulda · Oil · 316.8 MW · Chittagong

Location

Coordinates 22.376149, 91.914325 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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