Karpowership is a 590 MW gas power station in Basra, Iraq. It ranks #48 of 91 Iraq power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 53.0% 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_karpowership_iraq.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 590 MW, Karpowership is below the median gas plant in Iraq (740 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 #34 largest gas power plant of 55 in Iraq by capacity.
Iraq has 55 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 61,570 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Shatt Al-Basra · Gas · 1,250 MW · Basra Governorate
- Khor Al Zubayr · Gas · 252 MW · Basra Governorate
- Koramshahr · Gas · 954 MW · Khuzestan
- ZPPG Power Plant · Gas · 700 MW · Basrah
- Abdan Refinery No.4 power plant · Gas · 90 MW · Khuzestan
- Zubair Field power station · Gas · 740 MW · Basrah
Location
Coordinates 30.108601, 47.93266 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Karpowership?
Karpowership is a 590 MW gas power plant in Basra, Iraq.