North Jordan power station

North Jordan power station is a 600 MW gas power station in Irbid, Jordan. It ranks #6 of 38 Jordan power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 62.0% of Jordan's electricity; the national grid averages 530 gCO₂/kWh (24.1% low-carbon) (2024).

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

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 600 MW, North Jordan power station is around the median gas plant in Jordan (600 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre 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 #5 largest gas power plant of 10 in Jordan by capacity.

Jordan has 10 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 5,628 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• JUST · Solar · 5 MW · Irbid
• Rehab CCGT Power Plant Jordan · Gas · 357 MW · Irbid
• Jordan Solar One · Solar · 24 MW · Irbid
• Azraq · Solar · 17.5 MW · Mafraq
• Sirin Afcon · Wind · 21 MW · Northern District
• Samra CCGT Power Plant Jordan · Gas · 1,031 MW · Zarqa

Location

Coordinates 32.414896, 35.855081 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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