Rupsha power station — Bangladesh

Rupsha power station is a 800 MW gas power station in Khulna, Bangladesh. It ranks #37 of 129 Bangladesh power plants by installed capacity. 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_rupsha_bangla.

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 800 MW, Rupsha 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); Ansaldo Energia: GT26. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #18 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

• Khulna (KPCL-2) · Gas · 510 MW · Khulna
• Orion Power Rupsha power station · Oil · 110.5 MW · Lockpur
• Bangla Trac Power Unit-2 power station · Oil · 107.8 MW · Jashore
• Madhumati power plant · Oil · 110.5 MW · Madhumati
• Rampal power station · Coal · 2,640 MW · Khulna
• Khulna power station (Orion) · Coal · 660 MW · Khulna

Location

Coordinates 22.853987, 89.551191 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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