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Hydro power plants in Sri Lanka

20 hydro power plants in Sri Lanka, totalling 1,227 MW of installed capacity — ranked by size, from open data.

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