Alghurfa power station is a 50 MW oil power plant in Hadhramaut, Yemen. It is operated by Wadi Hadramout Electricity Company. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 38k homes (estimated). It ranks #15 of 17 Yemen power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 87.6% of Yemen's electricity; the national grid averages 592 gCO₂/kWh (11.2% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_alghurfa_yemen.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 50 MW, Alghurfa power station is below the median oil plant in Yemen (75 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Wadi Hadramout Electricity Company.
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 15.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #11 largest oil power plant of 12 in Yemen by capacity.
Yemen has 12 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 1,103 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 15.919888, 48.723891 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Alghurfa power station is a 50 MW oil power plant in Hadhramaut, Yemen.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 37,542 homes (estimated).
Alghurfa power station is operated by Wadi Hadramout Electricity Company.
