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Power plants in Saudi Arabia

A directory of 146 power plants in Saudi Arabia with a combined installed capacity of 130,852 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

146power plants
130,852MW total capacity
4fuel types
109with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Saudi Arabia)

Oil: 75 plants75OilGas: 50 plants50GasOther: 15 plants15OtherSolar: 6 plants6Solar

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Saudi Arabia electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

692gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
2.2%low-carbon electricity
2.2%renewables
97.8%fossil fuels
Gas: 63 % of electricity63GasOil: 34 % of electricity34OilSolar: 2 % of electricity2SolarWind: 0 % of electricity0Wind

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Saudi Arabia

#PlantFuelMW
1SHAIBA (SEC)Oil6,794
2Qurayyah Thermal power plantOther6,275
3RABIGHOil4,348
4GHAZLANGas4,256
5Hajr for Electricity Production Co. StationGas4,098
6Jizan IGCC power plantGas3,850
7QURAYYAH- CCGas3,846
8Riyadh 9Oil3,617
9Riyadh 10Oil3,161
10MARAFIQ IWPP (1)Gas2,941
11JEDDAH SOUTHOil2,892
12RABIGH-2Oil2,800
13MARAFIQ Independent Water and power plantOther2,740
14Shuqaiq Steam Power PlantOil2,640
15QURAYYAH -STEAMGas2,500
16Riyadh 8Gas2,072
17Rabigh 2 IPP power stationOther2,058
18Riyadh 12Gas2,056
19Al-Qassim power plantOther2,027
20Jeddah PP3 power plantOil1,988

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Browse by fuel

Oil (75)Gas (50)Other (15)Solar (6)