Assiut Mobile power plant is a 100 MW oil power station in Assiut, Egypt. It is operated by Upper Egypt Electricity Production Co [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 75k homes (estimated). It ranks #59 of 89 Egypt power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. In context, oil supplies about 7.4% of Egypt's electricity; the national grid averages 563 gCO₂/kWh (13.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_assiutmobile_egypt.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408174; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 100 MW, Assiut Mobile power plant is well above the median oil plant in Egypt (50 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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 Upper Egypt Electricity Production Co [100%].
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 27.2°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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #4 largest oil power plant of 12 in Egypt by capacity.
Egypt has 12 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 1,400 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 27.211552, 33.68335 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Assiut Mobile power plant is a 100 MW oil power plant in Assiut, Egypt, commissioned in 2015.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 75,085 homes (estimated).
Assiut Mobile power plant is operated by Upper Egypt Electricity Production Co [100%].
