Quang Tri power station — Vietnam

Quang Tri power station is a 2,400 MW coal power station in Quảng Trị, Vietnam. It ranks #30 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_quangtri_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 2,400 MW, Quang Tri power station is well above the median coal plant in Vietnam (650 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 #9 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

• Quang Tri Combined Cycle power station · Gas · 340 MW · Quảng Trị
• Huong Dien · Hydro · 81 MW · Thua Thien-Hue
• Hai Lang power station · Gas · 3,000 MW · Quảng Trị
• Thua Thien Hue TTC · Solar · 48 MW · Thua Thien-Hue
• Binh Dien · Hydro · 44 MW · Thua Thien-Hue
• Ta Trach · Hydro · 21 MW · Thua Thien-Hue

Location

Coordinates 16.75658, 107.36713 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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