Largest solar plants in Afghanistan
13 solar records for Afghanistan carry a capacity figure: 368 MW in total, 88 MW of it operating across 9 records. Operating and announced are ranked separately. Every row links to its record and its public source; the country as a whole is on the Afghanistan market page.
Largest operating solar plants in Afghanistan
| # | Project | Developer | Capacity | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naghlu solar farm | 77 Construction Contracting & Trading Co | 23 MW | Operational |
| 2 | Kandahar (77) solar farm | 77 Construction Contracting & Trading Co | 12 MW | Operational |
| 3 | Kandahar (Zularistan) solar farm | Zularistan Ltd | 12 MW | Operational |
| 4 | Kandahar DOG | — | 10 MW | Operational |
| 5 | Kandahar JOL | — | 10 MW | Operational |
| 6 | Kandahar solar farm 1 | Dynasty Oil & Gas PVT LTD (DYNASTY) | 10 MW | Operational |
| 7 | Kang solar project | — | 9.1 MW | Operational |
| 8 | La‘L Wa Sar Jangal solar project | — | 1.3 MW | Operational |
| 9 | Shahidi Hassas solar project | — | 1 MW | Operational |
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Under construction or announced
| # | Project | Developer | Capacity | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herat wind farm | — | 157 MW | Concept |
| 2 | Herat wind farm 1.0 | 77 Construction Contracting & Trading Co | 43 MW | Construction |
| 3 | Balkh solar farm | Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat | 40 MW | Construction |
| 4 | Dehdadi (DABS) solar farm | Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat | 40 MW | Construction |
The Afghanistan solar records as a file
Rows from redistributable sources only, CC BY 4.0, issued to a work email.
Questions about solar in Afghanistan
What is the largest solar plant in Afghanistan?+
The largest operating solar plant on record in Afghanistan is Naghlu solar farm at 23 MW, developed by 77 Construction Contracting & Trading Co. Ranked by the capacity figure in the public source named on the record, whole project rather than any partner's share.
What is the largest solar plant planned in Afghanistan?+
Herat wind farm at 157 MW, at concept stage. Of the 368 MW of solar on record for Afghanistan, 88 MW is operating; the rest is announced or being built.
How many solar plants does Afghanistan have?+
Solandor holds 13 solar records for Afghanistan with a stated capacity, 9 of them operating. That is the public record from the datasets named on each row, not a census: small plants below tracker thresholds are missing from the sources and so from here.
Also in Afghanistan: largest hydropower plants.
Largest solar plants elsewhere: India, Vietnam, Philippines, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, Thailand, Kuwait, Pakistan.