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Power Plants in Laos

Laos has 20 power plants on the map, adding up to about 5 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 PLANTS20

TOTAL CAPACITY5 GW

MOST COMMON FUELHydro

By fuel

How Laos’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.

Hydro19 · 95% · 3 GW

Coal1 · 5% · 2 GW

Largest power plants in Laos

The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.

1,878 MWHongsaCoal2016

1,070 MWNam Theun 2Hydro2010

735 MWNam Ngum 2Hydro2011

280 MWTheun HinbounHydro2012

250 MWXekaman 3Hydro2012

157 MWHouay HoHydro1999

155 MWNam Ngum 1Hydro1990

121 MWXeset 1Hydro1990

100 MWNam Lik 1-2Hydro2010

60 MWNam LeukHydro2000

44 MWNam Ngiep 3AHydro

40 MWNan Mang 3Hydro2011

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