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Power plants in Bangladesh

57 power-plant records · 11,840 MW reported capacity

  • Gas 47%
  • Oil 46%
  • Solar 4%
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Bangladesh at a glance

Power-plant records
57
Reported capacity
11,840 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
1.9%
Most records
Gas, Oil
Capital
Dhaka

Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

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.

How electricity works in Bangladesh

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Gas supplies most power, with coal, oil and imports from India.

  1. GenerationState utility + private producers
  2. TransmissionOne state buyer
  3. DistributionUtility networks
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • BERCEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State-owned PGCB runs transmission; BPDB buys power; state distributors serve customers.

Markets & power exchanges

No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.

Regional grid

Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.

What does “Single buyer” mean?

Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.

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.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Bangladesh generates electricity

Electricity generated101.7 TWh
Renewable share1.9%
Low-carbon share1.9%
Carbon intensity695.7 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.7 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar1.2 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal20.3 TWh
Gas67 TWh
Other fossil12.5 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Bangladesh is in Southern Asia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Dhaka
Languages
Bengali
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 57 records for Bangladesh. 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

57 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

36 lack an owner/operator; 36 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Bangladesh

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Browse 57 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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