Han Seng power station — Cambodia

Han Seng power station is a 265 MW coal power station in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It ranks #9 of 27 Cambodia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 56.6% of Cambodia's electricity; the national grid averages 499 gCO₂/kWh (40.9% low-carbon) (2025).

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

Data provenance

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

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 265 MW, Han Seng power station is below the median coal plant in Cambodia (405 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #5 largest coal power plant of 8 in Cambodia by capacity.

Cambodia has 8 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 5,360 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Surin 2 Solar Power Plant · Solar · 7.4 MW · Surin
• Sisaket - SPP3 Solar Power Plant · Solar · 8 MW · Changwat Ubon Ratchathani
• Ubon Ratchathani - SPP4 Solar Power Plant · Solar · 6 MW · Changwat Ubon Ratchathani
• Surin 1 Solar Power Plant · Solar · 7.4 MW · Surin
• Warin Chamraap III · Solar · 4 MW · Changwat Ubon Ratchathani
• Warin Chamraap II · Solar · 6 MW · Changwat Ubon Ratchathani

Location

Coordinates 14.23008, 104.26931 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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