New South Tripoli Gas power station — Libya

New South Tripoli Gas power station is a 1,320 MW gas power station in Tripoli, Libya. It ranks #6 of 27 Libya power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 74.5% of Libya's electricity; the national grid averages 827 gCO₂/kWh (0.0% low-carbon) (2024).

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

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 1,320 MW, New South Tripoli Gas power station is well above the median gas plant in Libya (1,000 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 #6 largest gas power plant of 19 in Libya by capacity.

Libya has 19 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 17,321 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• GECOL power plant 2 · Oil · 100 MW · Tripoli
• Karpowership (Libya) power station · Gas · 1,000 MW · Port of Tripoli
• South Tripoli · Gas · 147 MW · Tripoli
• West Tripoli · Oil · 185 MW · Tripoli
• AL Zahra power plant · Gas · 141 MW · Zahra
• Az Zawiyah · Gas · 1,440 MW · Az Zawiyah

Location

Coordinates 32.874532, 13.19596 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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