Pathein power station is a 660 MW coal power station in Ayeyarwady, Myanmar. It is operated by Tata Power Pathein [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 826k homes (estimated). It ranks #13 of 69 Myanmar power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2020, it is around 6 years old — recently built. In context, coal supplies about 5.5% of Myanmar's electricity; the national grid averages 503 gCO₂/kWh (47.9% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_pathein_myanm.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
At 660 MW, Pathein power station is well above the median coal plant in Myanmar (500 MW). 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Tata Power Pathein [100%].
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 16.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #8 largest coal power plant of 21 in Myanmar by capacity.
Myanmar has 21 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 17,010 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 16.518722, 94.301304 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Pathein power station is a 660 MW coal power plant in Ayeyarwady, Myanmar, commissioned in 2020.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 825,942 homes (estimated).
Pathein power station is operated by Tata Power Pathein [100%].
