IPP8 Combined Cycle Power Station — Jordan

IPP8 Combined Cycle Power Station is a 700 MW gas power station in Ma'an, Jordan. It ranks #3 of 38 Jordan power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 62.0% of Jordan's electricity; the national grid averages 530 gCO₂/kWh (24.1% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_ipp8combinedcycle_jordan.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 700 MW, IPP8 Combined Cycle Power Station is well above the median gas plant in Jordan (600 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest gas power plant of 10 in Jordan by capacity.

Jordan has 10 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 5,628 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Attarat power plant · Oil · 470 MW · Karak
• Al Qatrana CCGT Power Plant Jordan · Gas · 373 MW · Karak
• Kempinski · Solar · 5 MW · Karak
• Sul · Solar · 5 MW · Karak
• Qasr-Amra nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 2,120 MW · Zarqa
• Amman East (AES Jordan) CCGT Power Plant Jordan · Gas · 620 MW · Amman

Location

Coordinates 31.19133, 36.41008 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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