Phulbari power station (Sinohydro) — Bangladesh
Coal power plant in Rangpur, Bangladesh. Approximate location 25.946873, 89.55324.
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Phulbari power station (Sinohydro) is a 4,000 MW coal power station in Rangpur, Bangladesh. It ranks #1 of 129 Bangladesh power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 21.5% 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 GEM_coa_phulbarisinohydro_bangl.
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
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 4,000 MW, Phulbari power station (Sinohydro) is well above the median coal plant in Bangladesh (1,320 MW). Technically it is described as ultra-supercritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #1 largest coal power plant of 29 in Bangladesh by capacity.
Bangladesh has 29 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 38,390 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Phulbari Coal Project (Asia Energy) · Coal · 1,000 MW · Rangpur
- Phulbari power station (China Gezhouba) · Coal · 2,000 MW · Rangpur
- Rangpur GT · Oil · 20 MW · Rangpur Division
- Confidence Rangpur power station · Oil · 113 MW · Dhaka
- Sayedpur power station · Oil · 150 MW · Sayedpur
- Gaibandha Ashuganj power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Rangpur
Location
Coordinates 25.946873, 89.55324 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Phulbari power station (Sinohydro)?
Phulbari power station (Sinohydro) is a 4,000 MW coal power plant in Rangpur, Bangladesh.