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Titas(Dautkandi)

Oil power plant in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Approximate location 23.5461, 90.7779.

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Titas(Dautkandi) is a 52 MW oil power plant in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is operated by Dautkandi. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 39k homes (estimated). It ranks #111 of 129 Bangladesh power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2018, it is around 8 years old — recently built. In context, oil supplies about 12.1% of Bangladesh's electricity; the national grid averages 696 gCO₂/kWh (2.1% low-carbon) (2025).

52Legacy source-record capacity
39,044homes powered (est.)
2018commissioned (~8 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1029263.

Data status

Known data

FacilityTitas(Dautkandi) WRI
CountryBangladesh · Dhaka WRI
Coordinates23.5461, 90.7779 WRI
FuelOil WRI
MW installed capacity52 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerDautkandi WRI
Commissioned2018 WRI
TechnologyEngine WRI

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions102,492 t CO₂/yr calculated
Capacity rank in country#111 of 129 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#38 of 46 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.52× · 100 MW median · 46 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent39,044 calculated
Climate25.5°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC4 · 43/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 52 MW, Titas(Dautkandi) is below the median oil plant in Bangladesh (100 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. 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.

Capacity vs largest oil plants in Bangladesh

Bheramara GT (Unit-1 2 3): 560 MW560Bheramara …Jhulda: 317 MW317JhuldaShikalbaha Peaking (GT): 261 MW261Shikalbaha…Confidence Bagura power station: 223 MW223Confidence…Desh Chandpur power station: 221 MW221Desh Chand…Sreepur power station: 163 MW163Sreepur po…Madanganj (Summit): 157 MW157Madanganj …Sayedpur power station: 150 MW150Sayedpur p…

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

Owner

Operated by Dautkandi.

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 23.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

25.5°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,748cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
9 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 19 °CJF: 22 °CFM: 26 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 28 °CMJ: 28 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 27 °CON: 24 °CND: 20 °CD28 °C

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.

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

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
43/100environmental-severity index
9.6°Cseasonal temperature swing
131 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

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 #38 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

Location

Coordinates 23.5461, 90.7779 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Titas(Dautkandi)?

Titas(Dautkandi) is a 52 MW source-record oil power plant in Dhaka, Bangladesh, commissioned in 2018.

How many homes can Titas(Dautkandi) power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 39,044 homes (estimated).

Who operates Titas(Dautkandi)?

Titas(Dautkandi) is operated by Dautkandi.

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