Dhafra Power Plant — United Arab Emirates

Dhafra Power Plant is a 1,000 MW gas power station in Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It ranks #23 of 60 United Arab Emirates power plants by installed capacity. 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 GOGPT_dhafra_united.

Data provenance

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

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,000 MW, Dhafra Power Plant is around the median gas plant in United Arab Emirates (969 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #21 largest gas power plant of 44 in United Arab Emirates by capacity.

United Arab Emirates has 44 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 57,345 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Al Nakheel power station · Gas · 2,353 MW · Abu Dhabi
• APC UAN · Gas · 2,430 MW · Abu Dhabi
• Masdar City PV plant · Solar · 10 MW · Emirate of Abu Dhabi
• Al-Nouf Power Plant · Gas · 3,300 MW · United Arab Emirates
• Taweelah C Independent Power Producer (IPP) · Gas · 2,500 MW · Emirate of Abu Dhabi
• Taweelah A1 · Gas · 1,672.5 MW · Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Location

Coordinates 24.269258, 54.463426 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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