| # | Plant | Fuel | Country | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sampur power station | Coal | Sri Lanka | 1,700 |
| 2 | CEB Long Term Generation Expansion Plan unnamed plants | Coal | Sri Lanka | 1,200 |
| 3 | Southern Coal Power Project | Coal | Sri Lanka | 1,200 |
| 4 | Lakvijaya | Coal | Sri Lanka | 900 |
| 5 | Foul Point power station | Coal | Sri Lanka | 600 |
| 6 | Mawella Coal Power Development Project | Coal | Sri Lanka | 600 |
| 7 | CEB Kelantitissa | Oil | Sri Lanka | 382 |
| 8 | Yugadanavi | Oil | Sri Lanka | 300 |
| 9 | Sri Lanka nuclear power plant | Nuclear | Sri Lanka | 300 |
| 10 | Victoria | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 210 |
| 11 | Kotmale | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 201 |
| 12 | Sojitz Kelanitissa | Oil | Sri Lanka | 163 |
| 13 | Sapugaskanda | Oil | Sri Lanka | 160 |
| 14 | Upper Kotmale | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 150 |
| 15 | Samanala | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 124 |
| 16 | Randenigala | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 122 |
| 17 | Ace Embilipitiya power station | Oil | Sri Lanka | 105 |
| 18 | New Laxapana | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 100 |
| 19 | Polpitiya | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 75 |
| 20 | Kukule Ganga | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 70 |
| 21 | Colombo Port | Oil | Sri Lanka | 62 |
| 22 | Canyon | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 60 |
| 23 | Rantembe | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 52 |
| 24 | Asia Power Sapugaskanda | Oil | Sri Lanka | 51 |
| 25 | Old Laxapana | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 50 |
| 26 | Wimalasurendra | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 50 |
| 27 | Bowatenna | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 40 |
| 28 | Ukuwela | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 40 |
| 29 | Northern Power | Oil | Sri Lanka | 36 |
| 30 | Broadlands | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 35 |
| 31 | Moragahakanda | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 25 |
| 32 | Lakdhanavi | Oil | Sri Lanka | 24 |
| 33 | Uthuru Janani | Oil | Sri Lanka | 24 |
| 34 | Hambantota | Solar | Sri Lanka | 20 |
| 35 | Hambantota I | Solar | Sri Lanka | 14 |
| 36 | Madurankuliya | Wind | Sri Lanka | 12 |
| 37 | Pollupalai | Wind | Sri Lanka | 12 |
| 38 | Vallimunai | Wind | Sri Lanka | 12 |
| 39 | Inginiyagala | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 11 |
| 40 | Mampuri-II | Wind | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| 41 | Mampuri-III | Wind | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| 42 | Nirmalapura | Wind | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| 43 | Uppudaluwa | Wind | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| 44 | Pawan Danavi | Wind | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| 45 | Mampuri-I | Wind | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| 46 | Sagasolar | Solar | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| 47 | Vidatamunai | Wind | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| 48 | Seguwantivu | Wind | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| 49 | Udawalawe | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 6 |
| 50 | Nala Danavi | Wind | Sri Lanka | 5 |
| 51 | Nilambe | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 3 |
| 52 | Ambewela Aitken Spence | Wind | Sri Lanka | 3 |
| 53 | Hambantota | Wind | Sri Lanka | 3 |
| 54 | Maskelioya | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| 55 | Deduru Oya | Hydro | Sri Lanka | 2 |
Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.
Sampur power station (Sri Lanka) ranks #1 with 1,700 mw.
This ranking covers 55 power plants in in Sri Lanka.
1. Sampur power station (1,700); 2. CEB Long Term Generation Expansion Plan unnamed plants (1,200); 3. Southern Coal Power Project (1,200).
