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Power Plants in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has 9 power plants on the map, adding up to about 0 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is hydro. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.
POWER PLANTS9
TOTAL CAPACITY0 GW
MOST COMMON FUELHydro
By fuel
How Afghanistan’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.
Hydro6 · 67% · 239 MW
Solar2 · 22% · 20 MW
Gas1 · 11% · 42 MW
Largest power plants in Afghanistan
The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.
100 MWNaghlu Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro
66 MWMahipar Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro
42 MWNorthwest Kabul Power Plant AfghanistanGas
33 MWKajaki Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro
22 MWSarobi Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro
12 MWNangarhar (Darunta) Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro
10 MWKandahar DOGSolar
10 MWKandahar JOLSolar
6 MWPul-e-Khumri Hydroelectric Power Plant AfghanistanHydro
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