Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sampur power station | Coal | 1,700 |
| 2 | CEB Long Term Generation Expansion Plan unnamed plants | Coal | 1,200 |
| 3 | Southern Coal Power Project | Coal | 1,200 |
| 4 | Lakvijaya | Coal | 900 |
| 5 | Foul Point power station | Coal | 600 |
| 6 | Mawella Coal Power Development Project | Coal | 600 |
| 7 | CEB Kelantitissa | Oil | 382 |
| 8 | Yugadanavi | Oil | 300 |
| 9 | Sri Lanka nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 300 |
| 10 | Victoria | Hydro | 210 |
| 11 | Kotmale | Hydro | 201 |
| 12 | Sojitz Kelanitissa | Oil | 163 |
| 13 | Sapugaskanda | Oil | 160 |
| 14 | Upper Kotmale | Hydro | 150 |
| 15 | Samanala | Hydro | 124 |
| 16 | Randenigala | Hydro | 122 |
| 17 | Ace Embilipitiya power station | Oil | 105 |
| 18 | New Laxapana | Hydro | 100 |
| 19 | Polpitiya | Hydro | 75 |
| 20 | Kukule Ganga | Hydro | 70 |
There are 55 power plants in Sri Lanka in this open dataset, with about 9,408 MW of total capacity.
Sampur power station is the largest at about 1,700 MW (coal).
The most common plant type in this dataset is hydro (21 plants), across 6 fuel types in total.
Sri Lanka's grid carbon intensity is about 329 gCO₂/kWh, with 61.6% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
Power plants in Sri Lanka