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Power plants in Iraq

A directory of 28 power plants in Iraq with a combined installed capacity of 18,161 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

28power plants
18,161MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Iraq)

Gas: 14 plants14GasHydro: 8 plants8HydroOil: 6 plants6Oil

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Iraq electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

683gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
1.6%low-carbon electricity
1.6%renewables
98.4%fossil fuels
Gas: 53 % of electricity53GasOil: 45 % of electricity45OilHydro: 1 % of electricity1HydroSolar: 0 % of electricity0Solar

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Iraq

#PlantFuelMW
1Al-ShemalOil2,100
2Al-AnbarGas1,643
3ErbilGas1,500
4Al-MussaibOil1,280
5Shatt Al-BasraGas1,250
6Mosul DamHydro1,052
7DuhokGas1,000
8Al-HarthaOil800
9Al-MansuryaGas728
10BaijiOil720
11Haditha DamHydro660
12South Baghdad 1Gas646
13DouraOil640
14BaijiGas600
15Al-NajybiaGas500
16Al-QudsOil500
17Dokan DamHydro400
18DIBISGas320
19SadrGas320
20Taji 1Gas316

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Gas (14)Hydro (8)Oil (6)