Ras Rakan power plant — Qatar

Ras Rakan power plant is a 2,600 MW gas power station in Al Shamal, Qatar. It ranks #2 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 GOGPT_rasrakan_qatar.

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 2,600 MW, Ras Rakan power plant is well above the median gas plant in Qatar (626 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Doosan Enerbility Co., Mitsubishi Power: M701JAC. 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 #2 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.

Nearby power plants

• Ras Laffan C (Ras Qartas) CCGT Power Plant Qatar · Gas · 2,732 MW · Madinat ash Shamal
• Ras Laffan A Cogen GT Power Plant Qatar · Gas · 756 MW · Madinat ash Shamal
• Ras Laffan B CCGT Power Plant Qatar · Gas · 1,025 MW · Madinat ash Shamal
• Hidd Power and Water station 1 · Gas · 987 MW · Muharraq
• Al Ezzel Power Station · Gas · 942 MW · Muharraq
• Sitra Power an Water Station · Gas · 1,205 MW · Northern

Location

Coordinates 26.15038, 51.238771 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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