Rauzan power station — Bangladesh

Rauzan power station is a 820 MW gas power station in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is operated by Bangladesh Power Development Board [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 924k homes (estimated). It ranks #35 of 129 Bangladesh power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1993, it is around 33 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 64.3% 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 GOGPT_rauzan_bangla.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 420 MW for Rauzan power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

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

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 820 MW, Rauzan power station is well above the median gas plant in Bangladesh (553 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of Bangladesh gas capacity

1.9% of 44,028 MW across 50 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

2 of 34 dated gas plants in Bangladesh are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Bangladesh

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Bangladesh Power Development Board [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 22.4°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).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #16 largest gas power plant of 50 in Bangladesh by capacity.

Bangladesh has 50 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 44,028 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Boalkhali power station · Gas · 800 MW · Chittagong
• Chittagong Roazan · Gas · 553 MW · Chittagong
• Shikalbaha Peaking (GT) · Oil · 261 MW · Chittagong
• Chittagong power station (Orion) · Coal · 283 MW · Chattogram
• Noapara (khanjahan ali) · Oil · 40 MW · Chittagong
• Hathazari · Oil · 98 MW · Chittagong

Location

Coordinates 22.402074, 91.939432 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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