Kaptai Hydro:Unit-1 2 3 4 5 — Bangladesh
Hydro power plant in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Approximate location 22.495, 92.216.
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Kaptai Hydro:Unit-1 2 3 4 5 is a 230 MW hydro power station in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is operated by Bangladesh Power Development Board. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 230k homes (estimated). It ranks #63 of 129 Bangladesh power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1962, it is around 64 years old — an older, legacy facility. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 0.6% 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 WRI1029228.
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
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000600148; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
Technically it is described as conventional storage. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Owner
Operated by Bangladesh Power Development Board.
Local climate & thermal context
This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 22.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.
Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby plants
Bangladesh has 1 hydro power plant in this dataset, together about 230 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
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Location
Coordinates 22.495, 92.216 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Kaptai Hydro:Unit-1 2 3 4 5?
Kaptai Hydro:Unit-1 2 3 4 5 is a 230 MW hydro power plant in Chittagong, Bangladesh, commissioned in 1962.
Who operates Kaptai Hydro:Unit-1 2 3 4 5?
Kaptai Hydro:Unit-1 2 3 4 5 is operated by Bangladesh Power Development Board.