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Power plants in United Arab Emirates

A directory of 52 power plants in United Arab Emirates with a combined installed capacity of 51,159 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

52power plants
51,159MW total capacity
4fuel types
32with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (United Arab Emirates)

Gas: 31 plants31GasOther: 12 plants12OtherSolar: 6 plants6SolarBiomass: 3 plants3Biomass

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

United Arab Emirates electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

468gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
31.7%low-carbon electricity
8.8%renewables
68.3%fossil fuels
Gas: 68 % of electricity68GasNuclear: 23 % of electricity23NuclearSolar: 9 % of electricity9SolarWind: 0 % of electricity0WindBioenergy: 0 % of electricity0Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in United Arab Emirates

#PlantFuelMW
1Shuweihat S1Gas4,889
2Emirates Aluminum Smelter Complex power stationOther3,440
3Emirates Global Aluminum Smelter power stationOther2,718
4APC UANGas2,430
5Hassyan Clean-Coal Power ProjectOther2,400
6Al Nakheel power stationOther2,353
7TAPCOGas2,200
8FAPCO (Fuj F2)Gas2,114
9Jebel Ali "M"Gas2,060
10Fujairah F2 Integrated Water and power plantOther2,040
11Al Aweer H Power and Desalination StationGas1,994
12New Mirfah (MIPCO)Gas1,728
13Taweelah A1Gas1,671
14Mirfa Independent Water and Power ProjectOther1,523
15Jebel Ali "L" - Ph llGas1,393
16Wasit Power Station (WPS)Gas1,182
17Jebel Ali "D"Gas1,027
18Jebel Ali "L" - Ph IGas969
19Fujairah F1 Integrated Water and power plantOther968
20Jebel Ali "K"Gas918

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