Gas power plant in Asir, Saudi Arabia. Approximate location 18.27605, 42.537955.
GasAsirSaudi ArabiaOCGT
Asir Central power plant is a 432 MW gas power station in Asir, Saudi Arabia. It is operated by Saudi Electricity Co [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 487k homes (estimated). It ranks #77 of 156 Saudi Arabia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2003, it is around 23 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 63.3% of Saudi Arabia's electricity; the national grid averages 692 gCO₂/kWh (2.2% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_asircentral_saudia.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000407995; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 432 MW, Asir Central power plant is below the median gas plant in Saudi Arabia (496.7 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Saudi Electricity Co [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 18.3°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).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #41 largest gas power plant of 71 in Saudi Arabia by capacity.
Saudi Arabia has 71 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 89,013 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 18.27605, 42.537955 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Asir Central power plant is a 432 MW gas power plant in Asir, Saudi Arabia, commissioned in 2003.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 486,555 homes (estimated).
Asir Central power plant is operated by Saudi Electricity Co [100%].
