Al-Najybia is a 500 MW gas power station in Basra Governorate, Iraq. It ranks #49 of 91 Iraq power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 53.0% of Iraq's electricity; the national grid averages 683 gCO₂/kWh (1.6% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1008707.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406139; fuel: WRI GPPD
At 500 MW, Al-Najybia is below the median gas plant in Iraq (740 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
The #35 largest gas power plant of 55 in Iraq by capacity.
Iraq has 55 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 61,570 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 30.5757, 47.7672 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Al-Najybia is a 500 MW gas power plant in Basra Governorate, Iraq, Pre Construction 2016.
