Sabha power plant is a 855 MW gas power station in Sabha, Libya. It is operated by General Electricity Company of Libya [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 963k homes (estimated). It ranks #11 of 27 Libya power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 74.5% of Libya's electricity; the national grid averages 827 gCO₂/kWh (0.0% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_sabha_libya.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 750 MW for Sabha 2 power plant, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
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: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 855 MW, Sabha power plant is below the median gas plant in Libya (1,000 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 General Electricity Company of Libya [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 27.0°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 #11 largest gas power plant of 19 in Libya by capacity.
Libya has 19 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 17,321 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 27.033885, 14.445031 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Sabha power plant is a 855 MW gas power plant in Sabha, Libya.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 962,974 homes (estimated).
Sabha power plant is operated by General Electricity Company of Libya [100%].
