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Doha East

Gas power plant in Muhafazat al Jahra', Kuwait. Approximate location 29.3682, 47.7963.

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Doha East is a 1,158 MW gas power station in Muhafazat al Jahra', Kuwait. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1,304,238 homes (estimated). It ranks #4 of 9 Kuwait power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 62.0% of Kuwait's electricity; the national grid averages 635 gCO₂/kWh (2.2% low-carbon) (2025).

1,158MW installed capacity
1,304,238homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1008689.

~1,825,934 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

425,626passenger cars driven for a year
238,124homes' yearly energy use
30,432,240tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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 Kuwait

Az Zour South CCGT: 5,805 MW6kAz Zour So…Sabiya: 5,366 MW5kSabiyaDoha West: 2,543 MW3kDoha WestDoha East: 1,158 MW1kDoha EastAz Zour North: 1,100 MW1kAz Zour No…Shuiba North: 875 MW875Shuiba Nor…Shuiba SPSS: 720 MW720Shuiba SPSSShuwaikh: 252 MW252Shuwaikh

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 29.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.0°Cannual mean temp
355heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,295cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
37 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 13 °CJF: 15 °CFM: 19 °CMA: 26 °CAM: 32 °CMJ: 36 °CJJ: 38 °CJA: 37 °CAS: 34 °CSO: 28 °CON: 20 °CND: 14 °CD38 °C

Heating degree-days here run 86% 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: 19/100 — 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 ~8% 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 #4 largest gas power plant of 8 in Kuwait by capacity.

Kuwait has 8 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 17,820 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 29.3682, 47.7963 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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