Thursday, August 13, 2026 Search My Trip EnglishChinese
World news · travel · culture
Taiwan The Taiwan Times
Taiwan's window to the world

Northern Power Station

Jaffna District, Sri Lanka

The 3069th largest power station in the world

36 MW · Capacity

The Northern Power Station, is a 36 MW fuel-oil burning power station built in Chunnakam, Jaffna District, in Sri Lanka. The power station was built after the Northern Power company won a Ceylon Electricity Board tender to urgently set up a power station in the region in response to the 1990s/2000s power crisis. During its operations, the power plant had faced a number of legal cases due to the alleged contamination of water resources in the region.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More power stations in Sri Lanka

  1. Lakvijaya Power Station900 MW
  2. Maha Oya Pumped Storage Power Station600 MW
  3. Sampur Power Station500 MW
  4. Kelanitissa Power Station360 MW
  5. Sobadhanavi Power Station350 MW

Other large power stations worldwide

  1. Bui Dam · Ghana1,440 GW
  2. Western Green Energy Hub · Australia50 GW
  3. Gujarat Hybrid Renewable Energy Park · India30 GW
  4. Three Gorges Dam · China22.5 GW
  5. Baihetan Dam · China16 GW
  6. Itaipu Dam · Paraguay14 GW
  7. Xiluodu Dam · China13.86 GW
  8. Belo Monte Dam · Brazil11 GW