Labreg — Algeria

Labreg is a 420 MW gas power station in Biskra, Algeria. It is operated by Société Algérienne de Production de l'Electricité SpA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 473k homes (estimated). It ranks #27 of 76 Algeria power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 98.6% of Algeria's electricity; the national grid averages 633 gCO₂/kWh (1.1% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023815.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406054; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 420 MW, Labreg is around the median gas plant in Algeria (465 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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.

Key facts

Share of Algeria gas capacity

1.5% of 28,673 MW across 48 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

26 of 42 dated gas plants in Algeria are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Algeria

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

Owner

Operated by Société Algérienne de Production de l'Electricité SpA [100%].

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 desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 34.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 74% 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: 22/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~5% 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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #27 largest gas power plant of 48 in Algeria by capacity.

Algeria has 48 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 28,673 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Oumache power station · Gas · 2,750 MW · Oumache
• Ogla Power Plant · Gas · 700 MW · Tébessa
• Kais power station · Gas · 1,055 MW · Khenchela
• F'KIRINA Mobile power plant · Gas · 240 MW · Oum El Bouaghi
• F'Krina · Gas · 292 MW · Oum el Bouaghi
• Hauts Plateaux Est · Solar · 73.8 MW · Batna

Location

Coordinates 34.5056, 6.9848 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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