Ramu — Papua New Guinea

Ramu is a 75 MW hydro power plant in Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. It ranks #1 of 15 Papua New Guinea power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 21.1% of Papua New Guinea's electricity; the national grid averages 514 gCO₂/kWh (23.7% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1022419.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 75 MW, Ramu is well above the median hydro plant in Papua New Guinea (18 MW). Technically it is described as conventional storage. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

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 hydro power plant of 6 in Papua New Guinea by capacity.

Papua New Guinea has 6 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 165 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Yonki Toe of Dam · Hydro · 18 MW · Eastern Highlands
• Lae · Oil · 30 MW · Morobe

Location

Coordinates -6.2505, 145.9805 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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