Sayedpur power station — Bangladesh

Sayedpur power station is a 150 MW oil power station in Sayedpur, Bangladesh. It ranks #76 of 129 Bangladesh power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 12.1% 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_sayedpur_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 150 MW, Sayedpur power station is well above the median oil plant in Bangladesh (100 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #8 largest oil power plant of 46 in Bangladesh by capacity.

Bangladesh has 46 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 5,065 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Barapukuria power station · Coal · 525 MW · Rangpur
• Barupukuria ST 1 · Coal · 250 MW · Rangpur Division
• Rangpur GT · Oil · 20 MW · Rangpur Division
• Confidence Rangpur power station · Oil · 113 MW · Dhaka
• Dighipara power station · Coal · 1,000 MW · Rangpur
• Thakurgaon (RZ) · Oil · 47 MW · Rangpur Division

Location

Coordinates 25.782652, 88.897118 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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