Shahjibazar 330 MW — Bangladesh

Shahjibazar 330 MW is a 536 MW gas power station in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 604k homes (estimated). It ranks #52 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 WRI1029247.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 430 MW for Shajibazar 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

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406000; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 536 MW, Shahjibazar 330 MW is around the median gas plant in Bangladesh (553 MW). 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

1.2% of 44,028 MW across 50 plants in this dataset

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).

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 24.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~7% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), 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 #26 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

• Hobiganj (Confidence-EP) · Gas · 11 MW · Sylhet
• Jamuna Industrial Park power station · Gas · 78.4 MW · Sylhet
• AGARTALA GT · Gas · 135 MW · Tripura
• Ashuganj (Aggreko) · Gas · 1,649 MW · Dhaka
• Bhairab power station · Oil · 54.6 MW · Dhaka
• Agartala power plant · Gas · 135 MW · Tripura

Location

Coordinates 24.2532, 91.3751 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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