List of power stations in Bangladesh


This is a list of power stations in Bangladesh.

Coal fired

Under Construction
Power stationLocationCapacity TurbinesCoal TypePlant typeExpected in OperationRefs
Matarbari Power StationMaheshkhali Upazila, Cox's Bazar District1200Sub-bituminousUltra Super Critical2024
Payra Thermal Power PlantKalapara Upazila, Patuakhali District1320Sub-bituminousUltra Super Critical1st unit in August 2019
Rampal Power PlantRampal Upazila, Bagerhat District1320Sub-bituminousUltra Super Critical

Oil and Gas-fired Thermal

Power stationLocationCapacity Refs
Ashuganj Power StationBrahmanbaria1627
GhorasalGhorasal950
ShikalbahaShikalbaha, Chattagram150
SiddhirganjSiddhirganj260
Orion GroupNarayangonj & Khulna400
Lakdhanavi Bangla Power LimitedComilla52.2
Desh Energy Chandpur Power Company Ltd.Chandpur200
Doreen Power Generations and Systems Limited
Group		Nababganj, Manikganj & Munshiganj165

Under Construction

Gas turbines

Power stationMax. Capacity TurbinesFuel typeRefs
Meghnaghat4502+1natural gas
Ashuganj1462+1natural gas
Haripur3601+1natural gas
Goalpara, Khulna265Heavy fuel oil
Mymensingh2104+1natural gas
Siddhirganj240natural gas

Gas engines

Power stationMax. Capacity EnginesFuel typeRefs
Baraka Power Ltd.5116natural gas
Dhaka72natural gas
Gazipur536natural gas
Gopalganj10016natural gas
Maona354natural gas
Raozan2406natural gas
Ghorashal Regent10834natural gas
Baghabari, Sirajgonj50 MWnatural gas
APSCL, Ashuganj50 MWnatural gas

Hydroelectric

Power stationMax. Capacity TurbinesRefs
Karnafuli2305

Solar PV

There are a number of utility scale solar PV farms proposed in Bangladesh: 200 MW Teknaf Solar Park, 50 MW Sutiakhali,Mymensingh Solar Park and 32 MW Sunamganj Solar Park. US company SunEdison was the sponsor of the 200 MW Teknaf project while Singapore based entities Sinenergy Holdings, Ditrolic and local company IFDC Solar are the sponsors of the 50 MW Sutiakhali Solar Park. Edisun Power Point & Haor Bangla - Korea Green Energy Ltd is the 32 MW Sunamganj solar park project.
The government has taken a total of 19 solar power projects of total 1070 MW capacity which got the Prime Minister's approval in principle as part of its plan to generate 10 percent electricity from renewable energy source by 2020.
Of these, power purchase agreements were signed for only six projects of 532 MW, while nine projects of 483MW await the PPA signing and four are in the process of project selection committee.

Nuclear

is a proposed 2,400 MW
nuclear power plant. Planned to go into operation by 2020, it will be the country's first nuclear power plant.