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Power plants in Jordan

A directory of 33 power plants in Jordan with a combined installed capacity of 4,704 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

33power plants
4,704MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Jordan)

Solar: 25 plants25SolarGas: 7 plants7GasOil: 1 plants1Oil

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

Jordan electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

530gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
24.1%low-carbon electricity
24.1%renewables
75.9%fossil fuels
Gas: 62 % of electricity62GasSolar: 17 % of electricity17SolarOil: 14 % of electricity14OilWind: 7 % of electricity7WindHydro: 0 % of electricity0Hydro

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

Largest plants in Jordan

#PlantFuelMW
1Samra CCGT Power Plant JordanGas1,031
2Aqaba Thermal Power Plant JordanGas650
3Amman East (AES Jordan) CCGT Power Plant JordanGas620
4IPP3 ICE Power Plant JordanGas573
5Hussein Thermal Power Plant JordanOil382
6Al Qatrana CCGT Power Plant JordanGas373
7Rehab CCGT Power Plant JordanGas357
8Risha OCGT Power Plant JordanGas150
9QuweiraSolar103
10MaSP} ShamsSolar52
11Al AmbaratouriaSolar51
12Al SafawiSolar51
13Mafraq ISolar50
14SunriseSolar50
15Jordan Solar OneSolar20
16MaSP} EJRESolar20
17MaSP} FalconSolar20
18MaSP} SunESolar20
19ZaatariSolar13
20Al Badiya 2Solar11

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