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Power Plants in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has 48 power plants on the map, adding up to about 4 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 PLANTS48

TOTAL CAPACITY4 GW

MOST COMMON FUELHydro

By fuel

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

Hydro21 · 44% · 1 GW

Wind14 · 29% · 131 MW

Oil9 · 19% · 1 GW

Solar3 · 6% · 44 MW

Coal1 · 2% · 900 MW

Largest power plants in Sri Lanka

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

900 MWLakvijayaCoal2013

382 MWCEB KelantitissaOil1982

300 MWYugadanaviOil2007

210 MWVictoriaHydro

201 MWKotmaleHydro

168 MWSojitz KelanitissaOil2005

160 MWSapugaskandaOil1984

150 MWUpper KotmaleHydro

126 MWRandenigalaHydro

124 MWSamanalaHydro

100 MWNew LaxapanaHydro

80 MWKukule GangaHydro

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