U-Tapao Hybrid power station — Thailand

U-Tapao Hybrid power station is a 80 MW gas power plant in Rayong, Thailand. It ranks #86 of 238 Thailand power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 65.5% of Thailand's electricity; the national grid averages 546 gCO₂/kWh (16.6% low-carbon) (2025).

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

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 80 MW, U-Tapao Hybrid power station is below the median gas plant in Thailand (256 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Siemens Energy. 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 #60 largest gas power plant of 61 in Thailand by capacity.

Thailand has 61 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 42,069 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Glow Demin · Gas · 124 MW · Rayong
• CUP-1 · Gas · 228 MW · Rayong
• Gheco One power station · Coal · 660 MW · Rayong
• Glow Energy Phase 5 Power Plant · Gas · 328 MW · Rayong
• Glow Energy power complex · Coal · 529 MW · Rayong
• Glow Energy Phase 2 Power Plant · Gas · 258 MW · Rayong

Location

Coordinates 12.674704, 100.997983 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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