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Power plants in Sri Lanka

A directory of 48 power plants in Sri Lanka with a combined installed capacity of 3,720 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

48power plants
3,720MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Sri Lanka)

Hydro: 21 plants21HydroWind: 14 plants14WindOil: 9 plants9OilSolar: 3 plants3SolarCoal: 1 plants1Coal

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Sri Lanka electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

329gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
61.6%low-carbon electricity
61.6%renewables
38.4%fossil fuels
Hydro: 38 % of electricity38HydroCoal: 28 % of electricity28CoalSolar: 16 % of electricity16SolarOil: 11 % of electricity11OilWind: 5 % of electricity5WindBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1BioenergyOther Renewables: 0 % of electricity0Other Rene…

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Sri Lanka

#PlantFuelMW
1LakvijayaCoal900
2CEB KelantitissaOil382
3YugadanaviOil300
4VictoriaHydro210
5KotmaleHydro201
6Sojitz KelanitissaOil168
7SapugaskandaOil160
8Upper KotmaleHydro150
9RandenigalaHydro126
10SamanalaHydro124
11New LaxapanaHydro100
12Kukule GangaHydro80
13PolpitiyaHydro75
14CanyonHydro60
15Colombo PortOil60
16RantembeHydro52
17Asia Power SapugaskandaOil51
18Old LaxapanaHydro50
19WimalasurendraHydro50
20BowatennaHydro40

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Hydro (21)Wind (14)Oil (9)Solar (3)