El Menia Mobile power plant is a 80 MW gas power plant in Ghardaïa, Algeria. It is operated by Sonelgaz SpA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 90k homes (estimated). It ranks #46 of 76 Algeria power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2024, it is around 2 years old — recently built. In context, gas supplies about 98.6% of Algeria's electricity; the national grid averages 633 gCO₂/kWh (1.1% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_elmeniamobile_algeri.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408941; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 80 MW, El Menia Mobile power plant is below the median gas plant in Algeria (465 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Sonelgaz SpA [100%].
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 30.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #45 largest gas power plant of 48 in Algeria by capacity.
Algeria has 48 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 28,673 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 30.538744, 2.904764 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
El Menia Mobile power plant is a 80 MW gas power plant in Ghardaïa, Algeria, commissioned in 2024.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 90,102 homes (estimated).
El Menia Mobile power plant is operated by Sonelgaz SpA [100%].
