Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Nuwaiseeb power plant | Gas | 7,200 |
| 2 | Sabiya | Gas | 6,803 |
| 3 | Az Zour South CCGT | Gas | 5,945 |
| 4 | ABC Transco- GE Vernova power station | Gas | 3,000 |
| 5 | Doha West | Gas | 2,400 |
| 6 | Az Zour North | Gas | 1,100 |
| 7 | Doha East | Gas | 1,050 |
| 8 | Shuiba North | Gas | 875 |
| 9 | Shuiba SPSS | Gas | 720 |
| 10 | Shuwaikh | Gas | 252 |
| 11 | Umm Gudair | Solar | 10 |
There are 11 power plants in Kuwait in this open dataset, with about 29,355 MW of total capacity.
Al-Nuwaiseeb power plant is the largest at about 7,200 MW (gas).
The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (10 plants), across 2 fuel types in total.
Kuwait's grid carbon intensity is about 635 gCO₂/kWh, with 2.2% 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)).
Power plants in Kuwait