Houaphanh power station is a 650 MW coal power station in Houaphanh, Laos. It ranks #8 of 26 Laos power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 23.3% of Laos's electricity; the national grid averages 232 gCO₂/kWh (76.7% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_houaphanh_laos.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 650 MW, Houaphanh power station is below the median coal plant in Laos (1,000 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — 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 #6 largest coal power plant of 7 in Laos by capacity.
Laos has 7 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 8,588 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
Location
Coordinates 20.3333, 103.833 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Houaphanh power station?
Houaphanh power station is a 650 MW coal power plant in Houaphanh, Laos, Shelved 2026.