Samawah Diesel power plant — Iraq

Samawah Diesel power plant is a 60 MW oil power plant in Muthanna, Iraq. It ranks #84 of 91 Iraq power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2008, it is around 18 years old — relatively modern. In context, oil supplies about 45.4% of Iraq's electricity; the national grid averages 683 gCO₂/kWh (1.6% low-carbon) (2024).

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

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 60 MW, Samawah Diesel power plant is below the median oil plant in Iraq (300 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #23 largest oil power plant of 28 in Iraq by capacity.

Iraq has 28 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 19,949 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• New Samawah power station · Gas · 375 MW · Al Muthanna
• Samawah power station · Gas · 750 MW · Muthanna
• Saman Cement power plant · Oil · 50 MW · Al Muthna
• Ash-Shinafiyah power station · Oil · 700 MW · Al-Qādisiyyah
• New Dhi Qar power station · Gas · 3,000 MW · Dhi-Qar
• East Al Diwaniyah Diesel power station · Oil · 218.4 MW · Al Diwaniyah

Location

Coordinates 31.289967, 45.277206 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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