Afghanistan has 9 power plants in this atlas, with 301 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Naghlu Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant Afghanistan (100 MW, hydro; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are hydro, solar and gas. Grid operators listed here include Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat. Renewables supplied 86.9% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
Grid operators and electricity market in Afghanistan
Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything
Most power is imported from Central Asia and Iran.
GenerationState utility
TransmissionState utility
DistributionState utility
CustomersGovernment-set tariffs
Who regulates
No separate independent regulator is listed: the government or the utility itself sets tariffs and technical rules.
No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.
Regional grid
Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.
What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?
A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Afghanistan is in Southern Asia. Its landlocked geography makes cross-border connections an important part of its regional setting. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Kabul
Languages
Dari, Pashto, Turkmen
Region
Southern Asia
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 9 records for Afghanistan. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
9 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 9 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
