Khulna (KPCL-2) — Bangladesh

Khulna (KPCL-2) is a 510 MW gas power station in Khulna, Bangladesh. It is operated by Summit Corporation Limited. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 574k homes (estimated). It ranks #55 of 129 Bangladesh power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 years old — relatively modern. 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 WRI1029232.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 119 MW for Summit Khulna (KPCL) power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

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

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 510 MW, Khulna (KPCL-2) is around the median gas plant in Bangladesh (553 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. 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.

Key facts

Share of Bangladesh gas capacity

1.2% of 44,028 MW across 50 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

21 of 34 dated gas plants in Bangladesh are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Bangladesh

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Summit Corporation Limited. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 22.9°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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~8% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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

The #28 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

• Rupsha power station · Gas · 800 MW · Khulna
• Orion Power Rupsha power station · Oil · 110.5 MW · Lockpur
• Bangla Trac Power Unit-2 power station · Oil · 107.8 MW · Jashore
• Madhumati power plant · Oil · 110.5 MW · Madhumati
• Rampal power station · Coal · 2,640 MW · Khulna
• Khulna power station (Orion) · Coal · 660 MW · Khulna

Location

Coordinates 22.8646, 89.5357 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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