Fujairah F3 Integrated Water and power plant — United Arab Emirates

Fujairah F3 Integrated Water and power plant is a 2,400 MW gas power station in Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. It is operated by F3 Holding Co [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 2.7 million homes (estimated). It ranks #9 of 60 United Arab Emirates power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2025, it is around 1 years old — recently built. 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_fujairahf3_united.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is a source-verified 2026 capacity claim: 2,400 MW for Fujairah F3 Integrated Water and power plant.

GEM GOGPT · operating plant capacity

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000405578; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 2,400 MW, Fujairah F3 Integrated Water and power plant is well above the median gas plant in United Arab Emirates (969 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT. 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.

Key facts

Share of United Arab Emirates gas capacity

4.2% of 57,345 MW across 44 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

32 of 38 dated gas plants in United Arab Emirates are older

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

Capacity vs largest gas plants in United Arab Emirates

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

Owner

Operated by F3 Holding Co [100%].

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 25.3°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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~9% 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 #8 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

• FAPCO (Fuj F2) · Gas · 2,166 MW · Emirate of Fujairah
• ESWPC (Fuj F1) · Gas · 893 MW · Emirate of Fujairah
• Khorfakkan Station (KHPS) · Gas · 144 MW · Emirate of Sharjah
• KALBA · Gas · 109 MW · Emirate of Sharjah
• Ras al-Khaimah power station · Coal · 1,800 MW · United Arab Emirates
• Al Hamra Independent Power Plant · Gas · 60 MW · Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah

Location

Coordinates 25.301931, 56.370353 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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