Sharjah Waste-to-Energy Plant — United Arab Emirates

Sharjah Waste-to-Energy Plant is a 30 MW biomass power plant in Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is operated by Emirates Waste to Energy Co. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 41k homes (estimated). It ranks #57 of 60 United Arab Emirates power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 0.1% of United Arab Emirates's electricity; the national grid averages 468 gCO₂/kWh (31.7% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-6533.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: Climate TRACE; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.

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

Key facts

Share of United Arab Emirates biomass capacity

12.9% of 232 MW across 3 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest biomass plants in United Arab Emirates

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Emirates Waste to Energy Co.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 25.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest biomass power plant of 3 in United Arab Emirates by capacity.

United Arab Emirates has 3 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 232 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Ajman Coal power station · Coal · 1,000 MW · Emirate of Ajman
• Wasit Power Station (WPS) · Gas · 1,182 MW · Emirate of Sharjah
• Al Qusais Landfill power station · Biomass · 12 MW · Emirate of Dubai
• Ajman · Gas · 116 MW · Ajman
• zawra · Gas · 200 MW · Ajman
• Hamriyah Power Station (HPS) · Gas · 504 MW · Ajman

Location

Coordinates 25.3086, 55.6539 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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