Long Phu Power Centre — Vietnam

Long Phu Power Centre is a 4,320 MW coal power station in Sóc Trăng, Vietnam. It ranks #14 of 298 Vietnam power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 48.1% of Vietnam's electricity; the national grid averages 461 gCO₂/kWh (45.4% low-carbon) (2025).

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

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 4,320 MW, Long Phu Power Centre is well above the median coal plant in Vietnam (650 MW). Technically it is described as supercritical. 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 #4 largest coal power plant of 51 in Vietnam by capacity.

Vietnam has 51 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 64,702 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Hau Giang Lee & Man power station · Coal · 125 MW ·
• Song Hau Thermal Power Plant · Coal · 5,200 MW · Hậu Giang
• Duyen Hai 1 · Coal · 1,244 MW · Tra Vinh
• Duyen Hai 3 · Coal · 622 MW · Tra Vinh
• Can Tho · Oil · 185 MW · Can Tho
• Bac Lieu Project power station · Gas · 3,200 MW · Bac Lieu

Location

Coordinates 9.70894, 106.08183 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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