RABIGH

RABIGH is a 4,348 MW oil power station in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. It is operated by Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 3,264,952 homes (estimated). It ranks #3 of 146 Saudi Arabia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 19,711,000 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 4,594,639 cars driven for a year. In context, oil supplies about 34.5% of Saudi Arabia's electricity; the national grid averages 692 gCO₂/kWh (2.2% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1030697.

19,711,000 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest oil plants in Saudi Arabia

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

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 22.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest oil power plant of 75 in Saudi Arabia by capacity.

Saudi Arabia has 75 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 60,817 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• RABIGH-2 · Oil · 2,800 MW · Makkah
• Rabigh 2 IPP power station · Other · 2,058 MW · Makkah
• RABEC P/P · Oil · 1,320 MW · Makkah
• Petro-Rabigh Independent Water Steam and Power Project · Oil · 830 MW · Makkah
• RABIGH IWSPP · Oil · 840 MW · Makkah
• JEDDAH (SWCC) · Oil · 931 MW · Makkah

Location

Coordinates 22.66, 39.033 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.