Gas power plant in Jawzjan, Afghanistan. Approximate location 36.684688, 65.757165.
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Sheberghan power plant is a 50 MW gas power plant in Jawzjan, Afghanistan. It is operated by Ministry of Energy and Water (Afghanistan). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 56k homes (estimated). It ranks #10 of 17 Afghanistan power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 0.0% of Afghanistan's electricity; the national grid averages 131 gCO₂/kWh (86.9% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_sheberghan_afghan.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 50 MW, Sheberghan power plant is below the median gas plant in Afghanistan (100 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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 Ministry of Energy and Water (Afghanistan).
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 36.7°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 #6 largest gas power plant of 7 in Afghanistan by capacity.
Afghanistan has 7 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 4,216 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 36.684688, 65.757165 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Sheberghan power plant is a 50 MW gas power plant in Jawzjan, Afghanistan.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 56,314 homes (estimated).
Sheberghan power plant is operated by Ministry of Energy and Water (Afghanistan).
