New Samawah power station — Iraq

New Samawah power station is a 375 MW gas power station in Al Muthanna, Iraq. It ranks #55 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_newsamawah_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 375 MW, New Samawah power station is below the median gas plant in Iraq (740 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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 #40 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

• Samawah Diesel power plant · Oil · 60 MW · Muthanna
• Samawah power station · Gas · 750 MW · Muthanna
• Saman Cement power plant · Oil · 50 MW · Al Muthna
• New Dhi Qar power station · Gas · 3,000 MW · Dhi-Qar
• Ash-Shinafiyah power station · Oil · 700 MW · Al-Qādisiyyah
• East Al Diwaniyah Diesel power station · Oil · 218.4 MW · Al Diwaniyah

Location

Coordinates 31.29066, 45.283219 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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