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 Khums | Gas | 1,610 |
| 2 | Benghazi power station | Gas | 1,500 |
| 3 | Misrata | Gas | 1,470 |
| 4 | Az Zawiyah | Gas | 1,440 |
| 5 | Benghazi Simple Cycle Power Plant | Gas | 1,360 |
| 6 | New South Tripoli Gas power station | Gas | 1,320 |
| 7 | Zliten power plant | Gas | 1,044 |
| 8 | North Benghazi Station 1 | Gas | 1,040 |
| 9 | Karpowership (Libya) power station | Gas | 1,000 |
| 10 | Mellitah power plant | Gas | 1,000 |
| 11 | Sabha power plant | Gas | 855 |
| 12 | Sarir power station | Gas | 855 |
| 13 | Sabha 2 power plant | Gas | 750 |
| 14 | Ubari power station | Oil | 640 |
| 15 | Western Mountain Station- Ruwais | Gas | 624 |
| 16 | Double Corner Power Station 1 | Gas | 480 |
| 17 | Gulf of Sirte | Gas | 350 |
| 18 | Zuenita | Gas | 335 |
| 19 | Samnu Power plant | Oil | 220 |
| 20 | West Tripoli | Oil | 185 |
There are 27 power plants in Libya in this open dataset, with about 18,771 MW of total capacity.
Al Khums is the largest at about 1,610 MW (gas).
The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (19 plants), across 2 fuel types in total.
Libya's grid carbon intensity is about 827 gCO₂/kWh, with 0.0% 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 Libya