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Largest power plants in Egypt by capacity

The biggest power plants in Egypt ranked by installed capacity (MW). Open data.

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	Hamarawein IPP coal project	Coal	Egypt	6,600
2	Beni Suef power plant	Gas	Egypt	4,800
3	Burullus power plant	Gas	Egypt	4,800
4	New Capital power station	Gas	Egypt	4,800
5	Marsa Matruh power station	Coal	Egypt	4,000
6	Kuriemat 2	Gas	Egypt	2,754
7	Ayoun Moussa power station	Coal	Egypt	2,640
8	North Giza	Gas	Egypt	2,250
9	Nubaria	Gas	Egypt	2,250
10	Abu Kir	Gas	Egypt	2,236
11	High Dam	Hydro	Egypt	2,100
12	Sidi Krir	Gas	Egypt	2,072.6
13	Safaga power station	Coal	Egypt	2,000
14	Cairo North	Gas	Egypt	1,500
15	West Assiut power station	Gas	Egypt	1,500
16	Talkha	Gas	Egypt	1,460
17	Cairo West	Gas	Egypt	1,360
18	Qena power station	Gas	Egypt	1,300
19	Shoubra El-Kheima	Gas	Egypt	1,260
20	Damietta	Gas	Egypt	1,200
21	New Gas Shabab	Gas	Egypt	1,000
22	Ataka	Gas	Egypt	900
23	Banha	Gas	Egypt	750
24	El-Atf	Gas	Egypt	750
25	Cairo South	Gas	Egypt	715
26	El-Tebeen	Gas	Egypt	700
27	PortSaid East	Gas	Egypt	683
28	Suez Gulf	Gas	Egypt	682.5
29	Suez power plant	Gas	Egypt	650
30	Oyoun Mousa	Gas	Egypt	640
31	Abu Sultan	Gas	Egypt	600
32	October 6th	Gas	Egypt	600
33	Walidia	Oil	Egypt	600
34	Aswan Dam II	Hydro	Egypt	550
35	Zafarana	Wind	Egypt	546
36	Damietta West	Gas	Egypt	500
37	New Gas Damietta	Gas	Egypt	500
38	Damanhour	Gas	Egypt	458
39	Ain Sokhna IWPP power station	Gas	Egypt	457
40	Kafr El-Dawar	Gas	Egypt	440
41	Mahmoudia	Gas	Egypt	317
42	Tahrir Petrochemicals Complex power plant	Gas	Egypt	300
43	Arish	Gas	Egypt	250
44	Midor Refinery power plant	Gas	Egypt	240
45	El-Seiuf	Gas	Egypt	200
46	Al Shalaq Power Plant	Gas	Egypt	160
47	BbSP} SP II	Solar	Egypt	150
48	Ethydco power station	Gas	Egypt	150
49	Kuriemat ISCC power plant	Gas	Egypt	150
50	Sharm El-Sheikh	Oil	Egypt	144
51	Hurghada	Oil	Egypt	143
52	Mediterranean Sea Floating power station	Gas	Egypt	125
53	Kuriemat Solar/Thermal	Gas	Egypt	120
54	El Ameriya Refinery power station	Gas	Egypt	105
55	Shabab	Gas	Egypt	100
56	Wadi Hof	Gas	Egypt	100
57	Assiut Mobile power plant	Oil	Egypt	100
58	Assiut	Oil	Egypt	90
59	Esna	Hydro	Egypt	86
60	Naga Hamadi	Hydro	Egypt	64
61	Matrouh	Gas	Egypt	60
62	BbSP} Acciona I	Solar	Egypt	50
63	BbSP} Acciona II	Solar	Egypt	50
64	BbSP} Alcazar	Solar	Egypt	50
65	BbSP} Alfanar	Solar	Egypt	50
66	BbSP} FAS	Solar	Egypt	50
67	BbSP} Infinity 1	Solar	Egypt	50
68	BbSP} Infinity 2	Solar	Egypt	50
69	BbSP} SP I	Solar	Egypt	50
70	BbSP} Vogt/Hareon	Solar	Egypt	50
71	BbSP} Vogt/Lekela	Solar	Egypt	50
72	Bani Ghalib Mobile power plant	Oil	Egypt	50
73	El Basateen Mobil power plant	Oil	Egypt	50
74	Gerga Mobile power plant	Oil	Egypt	50
75	Mallawi Mobile power plant	Oil	Egypt	50
76	Samalut Mobile power plant	Oil	Egypt	50
77	West Assiut Mobile power plant	Oil	Egypt	50
78	Port Said	Gas	Egypt	48
79	BbSP} Voltalia	Solar	Egypt	25
80	Karmouz	Oil	Egypt	23
81	BbSP} DT I	Solar	Egypt	20
82	Kuraymat ISCC	Solar	Egypt	20
83	Toshka	Solar	Egypt	20
84	Siwa	Solar	Egypt	11.9
85	Marsa Alam A	Solar	Egypt	5
86	Sharm el Sheikh	Solar	Egypt	5
87	Shalateen A	Solar	Egypt	4.5

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Frequently asked questions

What ranks first in largest power plants in egypt by capacity?

Hamarawein IPP coal project (Egypt) ranks #1 with 6,600 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 87 power plants in Egypt.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Hamarawein IPP coal project (6,600); 2. Beni Suef power plant (4,800); 3. Burullus power plant (4,800).