Haditha power station is a 230 MW oil power station in AL Anbar, Iraq. It is operated by Ministry of Electricity (Iraq) [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 173k homes (estimated). It ranks #69 of 91 Iraq power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2012, it is around 14 years old — relatively modern. In context, oil supplies about 45.4% of Iraq's electricity; the national grid averages 683 gCO₂/kWh (1.6% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_haditha_iraq.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408193; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 230 MW, Haditha power station is below the median oil plant in Iraq (300 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 Ministry of Electricity (Iraq) [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 32.5°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 #16 largest oil power plant of 28 in Iraq by capacity.
Iraq has 28 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 19,949 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 32.461723, 41.408647 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Haditha power station is a 230 MW oil power plant in AL Anbar, Iraq, commissioned in 2012.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 172,697 homes (estimated).
Haditha power station is operated by Ministry of Electricity (Iraq) [100%].
