Aweer "H" - Ph l

Aweer "H" - Ph l is a 607 MW gas power station in Ash Shariqah, United Arab Emirates. It is operated by DEWA. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 683,655 homes (estimated). It ranks #29 of 52 United Arab Emirates power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1998, it is around 28 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 68.3% of United Arab Emirates's electricity; the national grid averages 468 gCO₂/kWh (31.7% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1008724.

~957,118 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in United Arab Emirates

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by DEWA. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 25.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~9% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #21 largest gas power plant of 31 in United Arab Emirates by capacity.

United Arab Emirates has 31 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 33,202 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Al Aweer H Power and Desalination Station · Gas · 1,994 MW · Ash Shariqah
• Aweer "H" - Ph lll · Gas · 818 MW · Ash Shariqah
• Dubai Waste Management Centre power station · Biomass · 190 MW · Ash Shariqah
• Al Qusais Landfill power station · Biomass · 12 MW · Ash Shariqah
• Layyah Power Station (LPS) · Gas · 911 MW · Ash Shariqah
• Wasit Power Station (WPS) · Gas · 1,182 MW · Ajman

Location

Coordinates 25.1493, 55.4268 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.