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Power plants in Jordan

A directory of 38 power plants in Jordan with a combined installed capacity of 9,206 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

38power plants
9,206MW total capacity
4fuel types
0with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Jordan)

Solar: 25 plants25SolarGas: 10 plants10GasOil: 2 plants2OilNuclear: 1 plants1Nuclear

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
1Qasr-Amra nuclear power plantNuclear2,120
2Samra CCGT Power Plant JordanGas1,031
3IPP8 Combined Cycle Power StationGas700
4Aqaba Thermal Power Plant JordanGas650
5Amman East (AES Jordan) CCGT Power Plant JordanGas620
6North Jordan power stationGas600
7IPP3 ICE power plantGas574
8IPP3 ICE Power Plant JordanGas573
9Attarat power plantOil470
10Hussein Thermal Power Plant JordanOil382
11Al Qatrana CCGT Power Plant JordanGas373
12Rehab CCGT Power Plant JordanGas357
13Risha OCGT Power Plant JordanGas150
14QuweiraSolar103
15Al SafawiSolar67
16MaSP} ShamsSolar52
17Al AmbaratouriaSolar51
18Mafraq ISolar50
19SunriseSolar50
20Jordan Solar OneSolar24

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Jordan?

There are 38 power plants in Jordan in this open dataset, with about 9,206 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Jordan?

Qasr-Amra nuclear power plant is the largest at about 2,120 MW (nuclear).

What fuels generate electricity in Jordan?

The most common plant type in this dataset is solar (25 plants), across 4 fuel types in total.

How clean is Jordan's electricity grid?

Jordan's grid carbon intensity is about 530 gCO₂/kWh, with 24.1% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).