Salalah 2 Independent power plant is a 450 MW gas power station in Dhofar, Oman. It is operated by Dhofar O&M Co LLC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 507k homes (estimated). It ranks #14 of 32 Oman power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2018, it is around 8 years old — recently built. In context, gas supplies about 91.9% of Oman's electricity; the national grid averages 544 gCO₂/kWh (4.5% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_salalah2independent_oman.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000405520; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 450 MW, Salalah 2 Independent power plant is around the median gas plant in Oman (445 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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 Dhofar O&M Co LLC [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 16.9°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 #12 largest gas power plant of 26 in Oman by capacity.
Oman has 26 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 14,120 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 16.938682, 53.972467 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Salalah 2 Independent power plant is a 450 MW gas power plant in Dhofar, Oman, commissioned in 2018.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 506,828 homes (estimated).
Salalah 2 Independent power plant is operated by Dhofar O&M Co LLC [100%].
