DAS ISLAND LNG PLANT — United Arab Emirates

DAS ISLAND LNG PLANT is a 177.6 MW other power station in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 133k homes (estimated). It ranks #48 of 60 United Arab Emirates power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 528,570 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 123k cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 468 gCO₂/kWh (31.7% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-6526.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: Climate TRACE; fuel: Not available

In context: how this plant compares

This facility converts its energy source into electricity for the grid; its capacity, fuel type and location determine its role in the national power mix.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

~528,570 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

Key facts

Share of United Arab Emirates other capacity

36.7% of 484 MW across 3 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest other plants in United Arab Emirates

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

Local climate & thermal context

This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 25.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with heat / UV the leading environmental stress.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest other power plant of 3 in United Arab Emirates by capacity.

United Arab Emirates has 3 other power plants in this dataset, together about 484 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Zirku ADMA-OPCO power station · Gas · 330 MW · Emirate of Abu Dhabi
• Ruwais General Utilities Plant · Gas · 692.8 MW · Emirate of Abu Dhabi
• Shuweihat S1 · Gas · 4,889 MW · Abu Dhabi
• Ruwais LNG Facilities power station · Gas · 75 MW · Emirate of Abu Dhabi
• Ras Abu Fontas A OCGT Cogen Power Plant Qatar · Gas · 626 MW · Al Wakrah
• Ras Abu Fontas B-1 OCGT Power Plant Qatar · Gas · 376 MW · Al Wakrah

Location

Coordinates 25.1609, 52.8766 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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