Zayzoun CCGT power plant — Syria

Zayzoun CCGT power plant is a 1,488 MW gas power station in Hamah, Syria. It ranks #4 of 21 Syria power plants by installed capacity.

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

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 488 MW for Zayzoun CCGT power plant, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

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 1,488 MW, Zayzoun CCGT power plant is well above the median gas plant in Syria (910 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre 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 #3 largest gas power plant of 19 in Syria by capacity.

Syria has 19 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 18,792 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Zayzoun (Zayzun) CCGT Power Plant Syria · Gas · 544 MW · Hama
• El Tarifawi power plant · Gas · 600 MW · Aleppo
• Aleppo Steam power plant · Gas · 300 MW · Aleppo
• North Aleppo Combined Cycle power station · Gas · 1,200 MW · Aleppo
• Burnaz power station · Coal · 300 MW · Hatay
• Mehardeh power plant · Gas · 630 MW · Hamah

Location

Coordinates 35.932216, 36.633551 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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