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Jijel

Gas power plant in Jijel, Algeria. Approximate location 36.8139, 5.876.

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Jijel is a 588 MW gas power station in Jijel, Algeria. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 662,256 homes (estimated). It ranks #10 of 59 Algeria power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 98.6% of Algeria's electricity; the national grid averages 633 gCO₂/kWh (1.1% low-carbon) (2024).

588MW installed capacity
662,256homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023775.

~927,158 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

216,121passenger cars driven for a year
120,913homes' yearly energy use
15,452,640tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Algeria

Hadjret Ennous: 1,200 MW1kHadjret En…Koudiet Eddraouch: 1,200 MW1kKoudiet Ed…Terga: 1,200 MW1kTergaMsila 1: 980 MW980Msila 1Marsat: 840 MW840MarsatSKS IPP SNC Lavalin: 815 MW815SKS IPP SN…Ras Djinet: 672 MW672Ras DjinetHassi Messoud: 600 MW600Hassi Mess…

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

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-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 36.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.0°Cannual mean temp
1,056heating degree-days (base 18°C)
694cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
211 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 10 °CJF: 11 °CFM: 12 °CMA: 14 °CAM: 18 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 23 °CSO: 19 °CON: 14 °CND: 11 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 57% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 27/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~1% 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 #10 largest gas power plant of 31 in Algeria by capacity.

Algeria has 31 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 15,179 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 36.8139, 5.876 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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