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Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) — power plant portfolio

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) operates 53 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 57,629 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 141,532,299 t CO₂/yr.

53power plants
57,629MW total capacity
1countries
141,532,299t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Oil: 40 plants40OilGas: 13 plants13Gas

Fleet interpretation

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is Saudi Arabia (53).

The fuel mix by asset count is oil (40), gas (13). The largest listed asset is SHAIBA (SEC) in Saudi Arabia (6,794 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 1,091 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 30 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 53 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
SHAIBA (SEC)OilSaudi Arabia6,794
RABIGHOilSaudi Arabia4,48019,711,000
GHAZLANGasSaudi Arabia4,25616,027,000
QURAYYAH- CCGasSaudi Arabia4,0989,597,400
Riyadh 9OilSaudi Arabia3,76011,042,500
Riyadh 10OilSaudi Arabia3,1618,074,800
RABIGH-2OilSaudi Arabia2,800
JEDDAH SOUTHOilSaudi Arabia2,6406,706,700
QURAYYAH -STEAMGasSaudi Arabia2,500
Riyadh 8GasSaudi Arabia2,0906,909,800
Riyadh 12GasSaudi Arabia2,0564,977,800
JEDDAH NO.3OilSaudi Arabia1,808401,130
QASSIM CENTRALOilSaudi Arabia1,611
JAZANOilSaudi Arabia1,521
Riyadh 7GasSaudi Arabia1,3164,335,200
FARASGasSaudi Arabia1,244
SHEDGUMGasSaudi Arabia1,1003,626,300
TABUK-2OilSaudi Arabia9852,177,400
MAKKAHOilSaudi Arabia7962,914,400
HAIL2OilSaudi Arabia794
TIHAMAOilSaudi Arabia743
ASIROilSaudi Arabia6961,919,000
Riyadh 5OilSaudi Arabia608
AL-QURAYYATOilSaudi Arabia5331,361,340
ARAROilSaudi Arabia4091,240,870
DAMMAMGasSaudi Arabia3981,840,900
NAJRANOilSaudi Arabia3701,423,520
BISHAOilSaudi Arabia3651,087,530
AL-JOUFOilSaudi Arabia3481,206,080
Riyadh 4OilSaudi Arabia337855,090
UTHMANIYAHGasSaudi Arabia3201,636,900
RAFHAOilSaudi Arabia306
MADINAH - 2OilSaudi Arabia2701,023,740
AL WAJHOilSaudi Arabia263561,360
SHAROURAOilSaudi Arabia262757,210
BERI (SEC)GasSaudi Arabia195
DUBAOilSaudi Arabia185
JEDDAH NO.2OilSaudi Arabia158
QAISUMAHOilSaudi Arabia144
TAIFOilSaudi Arabia127542,110
JUAYMAHGasSaudi Arabia121
BURAIDAHOilSaudi Arabia104
TABARJALOilSaudi Arabia103305,790
LAYLAOilSaudi Arabia102251,900
TABUK-1OilSaudi Arabia1022,177,400
ALBAHAOilSaudi Arabia81217,250
SAFANIYAHGasSaudi Arabia75312,370
Riyadh 3OilSaudi Arabia70
MADINAH - 1OilSaudi Arabia60
YANBU (SEC)OilSaudi Arabia54138,202
HAIL1OilSaudi Arabia48131,257
TABUK-3OilSaudi Arabia202,177,400
TABUK-4OilSaudi Arabia202,177,400

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 Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) operate?

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) operates 53 power plants across 1 country, with about 57,629 MW of total capacity.

What is Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)'s largest power plant?

SHAIBA (SEC) in Saudi Arabia is its largest at about 6,794 MW.

What types of power plants does Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) run?

Its fleet is mostly oil (40), gas (13).

How much CO₂ do Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)'s plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 141,532,299 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

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