Nasiriyah Combined power station — Iraq

Nasiriyah Combined power station is a 921 MW gas power station in Dhi Qar, Iraq. It ranks #29 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_nasiriyahcombined_iraq.

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 921 MW, Nasiriyah Combined power station is well above 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 “Construction” — 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 #20 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

• Nasiriyah Thermal power station · Oil · 2,100 MW · Dhi-Qar
• Nasiriyah New power station · Gas · 750 MW · Dhi-Qar
• Siemens-Dhi Qar power station · Gas · 450 MW · Dhi Qar
• New Dhi Qar power station · Gas · 3,000 MW · Dhi-Qar
• Al-Gharraf power plant · Gas · 70 MW · Dhi Qar
• Samawah power station · Gas · 750 MW · Muthanna

Location

Coordinates 31.03712, 46.194622 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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