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Damietta

Gas power plant in Dumyat, Egypt. Approximate location 31.3815, 31.7236.

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Damietta is a 1,200 MW gas power station in Dumyat, Egypt. Based on reported annual generation of 8,328 GWh, it can supply roughly 2,379,428 homes. It ranks #11 of 62 Egypt power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 79.6% of Egypt's electricity; the national grid averages 563 gCO₂/kWh (13.0% low-carbon) (2025).

1,200MW installed capacity
8,328GWh reported / yr
2,379,428homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1000075.

~3,331,200 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

776,503passenger cars driven for a year
434,429homes' yearly energy use
55,520,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × 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 Egypt

Kuriemat 2: 2,754 MW3kKuriemat 2North Giza: 2,250 MW2kNorth GizaNubaria: 2,250 MW2kNubariaAbu Kir: 2,236 MW2kAbu KirSidi Krir: 2,092 MW2kSidi KrirCairo North: 1,500 MW2kCairo NorthTalkha: 1,460 MW1kTalkhaCairo West: 1,360 MW1kCairo West

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

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 31.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

20.1°Cannual mean temp
476heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,256cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 13 °CJF: 13 °CFM: 16 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 22 °CMJ: 24 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 23 °CON: 19 °CND: 15 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 81% 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: 20/100 — 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 ~4% 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 #10 largest gas power plant of 33 in Egypt by capacity.

Egypt has 33 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 29,077 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 31.3815, 31.7236 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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