Summit Power Comilla — Bangladesh
Gas power plant in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Approximate location 23.44, 91.1869.
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Summit Power Comilla is a 25 MW gas power plant in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is operated by Summit Corporation Limited. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 28k homes (estimated). It ranks #123 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 WRI1029257.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 25 MW, Summit Power Comilla is below 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
- less than 0.1% 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).
Owner
Operated by Summit Corporation Limited. All plants by this company →
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 tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 23.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.
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 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 #48 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
- Jangalia (Summit) · Gas · 85 MW · Chittagong
- MONARCHAK CCPP · Gas · 101 MW · Tripura
- Monarchak Combined Cycle power plant · Gas · 101 MW · Tripura
- Manarchak · Solar · 5 MW · Tripura
- ROKHIA GT · Gas · 63 MW · Tripura
- PALATANA CCPP · Gas · 726 MW · Tripura
Location
Coordinates 23.44, 91.1869 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Summit Power Comilla?
Summit Power Comilla is a 25 MW gas power plant in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Who operates Summit Power Comilla?
Summit Power Comilla is operated by Summit Corporation Limited.