Taiba Independent Power Plant — Saudi Arabia

Taiba Independent Power Plant is a 3,600 MW gas power station in Western Region, Saudi Arabia. It ranks #12 of 156 Saudi Arabia power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 63.3% of Saudi Arabia's electricity; the national grid averages 692 gCO₂/kWh (2.2% low-carbon) (2024).

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

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 3,600 MW, Taiba Independent Power Plant is well above the median gas plant in Saudi Arabia (496.7 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); GE Vernova: 7HA.03. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #9 largest gas power plant of 71 in Saudi Arabia by capacity.

Saudi Arabia has 71 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 89,013 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• MADINAH - 1 · Oil · 60.2 MW · Al Madinah al Munawwarah
• MADINAH - 2 · Oil · 270.1 MW · Al Madinah al Munawwarah
• RABIGH IWSPP · Oil · 830 MW · Makkah
• Petro-Rabigh Independent Water Steam and Power Project · Oil · 830 MW · Makkah
• RABIGH-2 · Oil · 2,800 MW · Makkah
• RABEC P/P · Oil · 1,204 MW · Makkah

Location

Coordinates 24.427059, 39.724634 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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