Botum Sakor power station — Cambodia

Botum Sakor power station is a 900 MW gas power station in Koh Kong, Cambodia. It ranks #4 of 27 Cambodia power plants by installed capacity. In context, the national grid averages 499 gCO₂/kWh (40.9% low-carbon) (2025).

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

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 900 MW, Botum Sakor power station is well above the median gas plant in Cambodia (400 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “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 #2 largest gas power plant of 5 in Cambodia by capacity.

Cambodia has 5 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 6,500 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Sihanoukville CEL power station · Coal · 250 MW · Preah Sihanouk
• Sihanoukville CIIDG power station · Coal · 405 MW · Preah Sihanouk
• Sihanoukville CSG power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Cambodia
• EDC Combined Cycle power station · Gas · 4,800 MW · Cambodia
• Sihanoukville SEZ power station · Coal · 100 MW · Sihanoukville
• Sihanoukville Diesel · Oil · 5 MW · Preah Sihanouk

Location

Coordinates 10.892928, 103.389776 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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