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Hydro power plants in Sri Lanka

21 hydro power plants in Sri Lanka, totalling 1,428 MW of installed capacity — ranked by size, from open data.

#PlantRegionMW
1VictoriaCentral210
2KotmaleCentral201
3Upper KotmaleCentral150
4SamanalaCentral124
5RandenigalaUva122
6New LaxapanaCentral100
7PolpitiyaUva75
8Kukule GangaSabaragamuwa70
9CanyonCentral60
10RantembeUva52
11Old LaxapanaNorthern Province50
12WimalasurendraCentral50
13BowatennaCentral40
14UkuwelaCentral40
15BroadlandsCentral35
16MoragahakandaCentral25
17InginiyagalaCentral11
18UdawalaweUva6
19NilambeCentral3
20MaskelioyaCentral2
21Deduru OyaNorth Western2

WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Lifecycle and source reconciliation

This page contains 21 positive-capacity records totalling 1,427.7 MW. Lifecycle labels, capacity scope and capacity-quality provenance are kept separate so a source-backed capacity is not mistaken for a verified operating status.

14records with a resolvable source link
7records without a retained record-level link

Lifecycle labels in this page slice

StatusRecords
Construction1
Not Reported7
Operating13

Capacity provenance quality

Quality labelRecords
current source verified gem operating units 20261
legacy source record not current verified7
source verified gem tracker location 202611
source verified wikidata p2109 strict match2

Unknown upstream labels remain unclassified; they are never guessed. Download the exact records used here: CSV · JSON with limitations.