Gul Ahmed Power Project power plant is a 135.9 MW oil power station in Landhi Town, Pakistan. It is operated by Gul Ahmed Energy Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 102k homes (estimated). It ranks #81 of 122 Pakistan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1997, it is around 29 years old — long-established. In context, oil supplies about 9.2% of Pakistan's electricity; the national grid averages 347 gCO₂/kWh (54.9% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_gulahmed_pakist.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408405; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 135.9 MW, Gul Ahmed Power Project power plant is below the median oil plant in Pakistan (185.9 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.
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 Gul Ahmed Energy Ltd [100%].
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 24.9°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).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
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.
The #13 largest oil power plant of 19 in Pakistan by capacity.
Pakistan has 19 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 5,584 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 24.850613, 67.146332 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Gul Ahmed Power Project power plant is a 135.9 MW oil power plant in Landhi Town, Pakistan, commissioned in 1997.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 102,041 homes (estimated).
Gul Ahmed Power Project power plant is operated by Gul Ahmed Energy Ltd [100%].
