Samnu Power plant is a 220 MW oil power station in Samnu, Libya. It is operated by General Electricity Company of Libya [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 165k homes (estimated). It ranks #19 of 27 Libya power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1989, it is around 37 years old — long-established. In context, oil supplies about 25.4% 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_samnu_libya.
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The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408218; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 220 MW, Samnu Power plant is well above the median oil plant in Libya (100 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by General Electricity Company of Libya [100%].
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 27.2°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 #2 largest oil power plant of 8 in Libya by capacity.
Libya has 8 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 1,450 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 27.221992, 14.889664 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Samnu Power plant is a 220 MW oil power plant in Samnu, Libya, commissioned in 1989.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 165,188 homes (estimated).
Samnu Power plant is operated by General Electricity Company of Libya [100%].
