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Iraq's Ministry of Electricity — power plant portfolio

Iraq's Ministry of Electricity operates 19 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 13,487 MW.

19power plants
13,487MW total capacity
1countries
t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Gas: 14 plants14GasOil: 5 plants5Oil

Fleet interpretation

Iraq's Ministry of Electricity is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is Iraq (19).

The fuel mix by asset count is gas (14), oil (5). The largest listed asset is Al-Anbar in Iraq (1,643 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 749 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 0 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 0 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 19 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Al-AnbarGasIraq1,643
ErbilGasIraq1,500
Al-MussaibOilIraq1,280
Al-QudsOilIraq1,250
Shatt Al-BasraGasIraq1,250
DuhokGasIraq1,000
Al-HarthaOilIraq800
Al-MansuryaGasIraq728
BaijiOilIraq720
South Baghdad 1GasIraq646
DouraOilIraq640
BaijiGasIraq600
Al-NajybiaGasIraq500
DIBISGasIraq320
SadrGasIraq320
Taji 1GasIraq316
Khor Al ZubayrGasIraq252
Al-NajafGasIraq250
Mulla Abdulla (New)GasIraq222

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Iraq's Ministry of Electricity operate?

Iraq's Ministry of Electricity operates 19 power plants across 1 country, with about 13,487 MW of total capacity.

What is Iraq's Ministry of Electricity's largest power plant?

Al-Anbar in Iraq is its largest at about 1,643 MW.

What types of power plants does Iraq's Ministry of Electricity run?

Its fleet is mostly gas (14), oil (5).

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology