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Baalback — 35 MW Oil

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Baalback is a 35 MW oil power plant located in Lebanon. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
35 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1996

Year online

Owner
Lebanon Oil Company

Operator

Location
34.02, 36.19

Coordinates

Insights

#6
largest in %s
#749
largest %s worldwide
#15,825
largest worldwide
1996
%d yrs older than avg
2
operated by %s
11
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
35 MW
Commissioned
1996
Status
Operational
Owner
Lebanon Oil Company
Country
LBN
Coordinates
34.021, 36.192

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
79,716 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2.4M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

17,330
cars / year
10,629
homes / year
3.6M
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Zouk 1

Lebanon · Oil

643MW · 1984

Deir Ammar

Lebanon · Natural Gas

470MW · 1998

Zahrani

Lebanon · Natural Gas

470MW · 1998

Jieh 1

Lebanon · Oil

348MW · 1971

Hreishi

Lebanon · Oil

70MW · 1983

Sour

Lebanon · Oil

35MW · 1996

About this plant

Baalback is a 35 MW oil-fired power plant in Lebanon, operated since 1996.

Ranked #4 of 5 oil plants in Lebanon, Baalback’s 35 MW represents 3.1% of Lebanon’s total oil capacity of 1,130 MW. The largest oil plant in Lebanon is Zouk 1 at 643 MW, making Baalback 18.4 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Deir Ammar (470 MW, Gas) and Hreishi (70 MW, Oil). The facility is located in the Bekaa Valley region, approximately 85 km from Beirut.

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