Qario Power station is a 75 MW oil power plant in Hadhramaut, Yemen. It is operated by Ministry of Electricity and Energy (Yemen). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 56k homes (estimated). It ranks #10 of 17 Yemen power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 87.6% of Yemen's electricity; the national grid averages 592 gCO₂/kWh (11.2% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_qario_yemen.
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The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100001046001; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 75 MW, Qario Power station is around the median oil plant in Yemen (75 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Ministry of Electricity and Energy (Yemen).
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 14.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #7 largest oil power plant of 12 in Yemen by capacity.
Yemen has 12 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 1,103 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 14.787538, 49.081147 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Qario Power station is a 75 MW oil power plant in Hadhramaut, Yemen.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 56,314 homes (estimated).
Qario Power station is operated by Ministry of Electricity and Energy (Yemen).
