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Dirtiest power plants in Saudi Arabia by CO₂

The highest-emitting power plants in Saudi Arabia ranked by measured annual CO₂. Open data.

#PlantFuelCountryt CO₂/yr
1SHAIBAOilSaudi Arabia22,046,000
2Qurayyah Thermal power plantOtherSaudi Arabia20,764,000
3RABIGHOilSaudi Arabia19,711,000
4RABIGH-2OilSaudi Arabia19,711,000
5GHAZLANGasSaudi Arabia16,027,000
6Riyadh 9OilSaudi Arabia11,042,500
7QURAYYAH- CCGasSaudi Arabia9,597,400
8YANBU PLANT 2OilSaudi Arabia9,329,000
9Jizan IGCC power plantGasSaudi Arabia9,061,700
10Riyadh 10OilSaudi Arabia8,074,800
11Riyadh 8GasSaudi Arabia6,909,800
12RAS Al KhairGasSaudi Arabia6,903,000
13JEDDAH SOUTHOilSaudi Arabia6,706,700
14Shuqaiq Steam Power PlantOilSaudi Arabia6,706,700
15MARAFIQ Independent Water and power plantOtherSaudi Arabia6,646,700
16JUBAIL (SWCC)GasSaudi Arabia6,128,100
17Faras power plantGasSaudi Arabia5,305,200
18Jeddah PP3 power plantOilSaudi Arabia5,048,900
19Rabigh 2 IPP power stationOtherSaudi Arabia4,986,300
20Riyadh 11OilSaudi Arabia4,977,800
21Riyadh 12GasSaudi Arabia4,977,800
22Al-Qassim power plantOtherSaudi Arabia4,860,700
23Riyadh City-14 power stationGasSaudi Arabia4,660,400
24Wasit Gas PlantGasSaudi Arabia4,615,600
25Jizan Central power plantOtherSaudi Arabia4,604,900
26Riyadh 7GasSaudi Arabia4,335,200
27Riyadh City-13 power stationGasSaudi Arabia4,236,600
28AlkhobarOilSaudi Arabia3,736,300
29Fadhili cogeneration power plantOtherSaudi Arabia3,639,600
30SHEDGUMGasSaudi Arabia3,626,300
31SHEDGUM CO-GENERATION GAS PLANTGasSaudi Arabia3,626,300
32Shaybah Gas power plantGasSaudi Arabia3,530,600
33Yanbu 2 power plantGasSaudi Arabia3,106,700
34Shuaibah Independent Water and Power ProjectOilSaudi Arabia3,048,400
35MAKKAHOilSaudi Arabia2,914,400
36Waad Al Shamal power stationOtherSaudi Arabia2,882,600
37YANBU PLANTOilSaudi Arabia2,752,600
38Shuqaiq 2 Independent Water and Power ProjectOilSaudi Arabia2,591,000
39Hail-2 power plantOtherSaudi Arabia2,559,600
40JEDDAH (SWCC)OilSaudi Arabia2,365,200
41TABUK-1OilSaudi Arabia2,177,400
42TABUK-2OilSaudi Arabia2,177,400
43TABUK-3OilSaudi Arabia2,177,400
44TABUK-4OilSaudi Arabia2,177,400
45Shuaiba SWCC power plantOilSaudi Arabia2,120,600
46Petro-Rabigh Independent Water Steam and Power ProjectOilSaudi Arabia2,108,600
47ASIROilSaudi Arabia1,919,000
48DAMMAMGasSaudi Arabia1,840,900
49UTHMANIYAHGasSaudi Arabia1,636,900
50UTHMANIYAH CO-GENERATION GAS PLANTGasSaudi Arabia1,636,900
51Juaymah cogeneration Gas power plantGasSaudi Arabia1,636,900
52Shedgum cogeneration Gas power plantGasSaudi Arabia1,636,900
53SHAYBAH NGL PLANTOtherSaudi Arabia1,547,530
54Riyadh 5 power plantOilSaudi Arabia1,540,590
55NAJRANOilSaudi Arabia1,423,520
56Tehama Central power stationOtherSaudi Arabia1,384,270
57AL-QURAYYATOilSaudi Arabia1,361,340
58ARAROilSaudi Arabia1,240,870
59KhursaniyahGasSaudi Arabia1,219,260
60AL-JOUFOilSaudi Arabia1,206,080
61Abqaiq cogeneration power stationGasSaudi Arabia1,186,250
62RAS TANURA CO-GENERATION PLANTGasSaudi Arabia1,173,140
63BISHAOilSaudi Arabia1,087,530
64MADINAH - 1OilSaudi Arabia1,023,740
65MADINAH - 2OilSaudi Arabia1,023,740
66Berri Gas power plantGasSaudi Arabia981,990
67FARAS ARAMCOGasSaudi Arabia925,950
68Yamama power plantOtherSaudi Arabia912,840
69Riyadh 4OilSaudi Arabia855,090
70Rafha power plantOtherSaudi Arabia825,980
71Jubail cogeneration power plantGasSaudi Arabia823,830
72SHAROURAOilSaudi Arabia757,210
73HofufGasSaudi Arabia708,810
74Manifa cogeneration power plantGasSaudi Arabia706,110
75TABUK BASEOilSaudi Arabia644,750
76KING KHALID MCOilSaudi Arabia606,160
77AL WAJHOilSaudi Arabia561,360
78Saudi Cement power plantOilSaudi Arabia561,160
79JUAYMAHGasSaudi Arabia550,380
80JUAYMAH CO-GENERATION GAS PLANTGasSaudi Arabia550,380
81TAIFOilSaudi Arabia542,110
82Hawiyah cogeneration power stationGasSaudi Arabia527,230
83Ras Tanura Tihama power stationGasSaudi Arabia494,280
84Karan Gas power plantGasSaudi Arabia494,280
85QATIF G-1GasSaudi Arabia474,520
86AL-QAYSUMAHOilSaudi Arabia461,840
87RAS AL-KHAFJI ARAMCOOtherSaudi Arabia457,880
88JEDDAH NO.2OilSaudi Arabia401,130
89JEDDAH NO.3OilSaudi Arabia401,130
90AL-SHUQAIQ-1OtherSaudi Arabia392,500
91Yanbu Cement power plantOilSaudi Arabia386,400
92Juba power plantOtherSaudi Arabia380,460
93Riyadh Cement Company power plantOilSaudi Arabia362,760
94Altaaqa 4 Mobile power plantOilSaudi Arabia317,550
95SAFANIYAHGasSaudi Arabia312,370
96TABARJALOilSaudi Arabia305,790
97ABQAIQ FIELDGasSaudi Arabia296,590
98Altaaqa 2 Mobile power plantOilSaudi Arabia279,440
99LAYLAOilSaudi Arabia251,900
100Altaaqa 1 Mobile power plantOilSaudi Arabia241,350
101Jizan Cement Company power plantOilSaudi Arabia222,030
102ALBAHAOilSaudi Arabia217,250
103Al-Tuwairqi power plantOilSaudi Arabia198,140
104Tehama Cement Power PlantOilSaudi Arabia166,910
105Mansourah Massarah power plantOilSaudi Arabia146,328
106AL-Sadiya Cement power plantOilSaudi Arabia139,721
107YANBU (SEC)OilSaudi Arabia138,202
108Hail Cement Company power plantOilSaudi Arabia131,598
109HAIL1OilSaudi Arabia131,257

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ from EPA/EU ETS/Climate TRACE; measured CO₂ where reported to US EPA GHGRP, EU ETS or Climate TRACE. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.