Phonesack Xekong power station is a 1,800 MW coal power station in Sekong, Laos. It ranks #3 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_phonesackxekong_laos.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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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 1,800 MW, Phonesack Xekong power station is well above the median coal plant in Laos (1,000 MW). 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 #3 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
- Sekong power station (EPIC) · Coal · 1,000 MW · Salavan
- TSBP Sekong power station · Coal · 600 MW · Salavan
- Xeset 1 · Hydro · 121 MW · Xekong
- Nam Ngum 1 · Hydro · 155 MW · Xekong
- Xenamnoy 1 · Hydro · 14.8 MW · Xekong
- Xe Namnoy 2 - Xe Katam ! · Hydro · 15 MW · Xekong
Location
Coordinates 15.7477, 106.747 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Phonesack Xekong power station?
Phonesack Xekong power station is a 1,800 MW coal power plant in Sekong, Laos, Construction 2028.