Saudi Arabia

SAFANIYAH — 75 MW Natural Gas

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SAFANIYAH is a 75 MW gas power plant located in Saudi Arabia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
75 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1974

Year online

Owner
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)

Operator

Location
28.01, 48.75

Coordinates

Insights

#111
largest in %s
#3,492
largest %s worldwide
#11,403
largest worldwide
1974
%d yrs older than avg
53
operated by %s
10
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
75 MW
Commissioned
1974
Status
Operational
Owner
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)
Country
Saudi Arabia
Coordinates
28.010, 48.751

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
144,869 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4.3M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

31,493
cars / year
19,316
homes / year
6.6M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

SAFANIYAH is a 75 MW gas power plant in Saudi Arabia, operated by the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) and commissioned in 1974.

Ranked #49 of 60 gas plants in Saudi Arabia, SAFANIYAH’s 75 MW represents 0.1% of the country’s total gas capacity of 78,250 MW. The largest gas plant in Saudi Arabia is Shoaiba Thermal Power Plant at 6,531 MW, making SAFANIYAH 87 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Manifa CO-GENERATION PLANT (374.5 MW, Gas) and As-Safaniyah Power Plant (0 MW, Gas). The facility is located in the Eastern Province, approximately 300 km from Dammam.

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