Ras Abu Fontas A OCGT Cogen Power Plant Qatar is a 626 MW gas power station in Al Wakrah, Qatar. It is operated by Qatar Electricity and Water Company QPSC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 705k homes (estimated). It ranks #8 of 15 Qatar power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 95.9% of Qatar's electricity; the national grid averages 582 gCO₂/kWh (4.1% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0005018.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 626 MW, Ras Abu Fontas A OCGT Cogen Power Plant Qatar is around the median gas plant in Qatar (626 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Qatar Electricity and Water Company QPSC [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 25.2°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 99% 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.
A gas turbine here also runs ~8% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).
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.
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #8 largest gas power plant of 15 in Qatar by capacity.
Qatar has 15 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 15,870 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 25.2058, 51.6174 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Ras Abu Fontas A OCGT Cogen Power Plant Qatar is a 626 MW source-record gas power plant in Al Wakrah, Qatar, planned/announced for 2029.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 705,054 homes (estimated).
Ras Abu Fontas A OCGT Cogen Power Plant Qatar is operated by Qatar Electricity and Water Company QPSC [100%].
