Saudi Arabia

YANBU (ARAM) — 83 MW Natural Gas

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YANBU (ARAM) is a 83 MW gas power plant located in Saudi Arabia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
83 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2005

Year online

Owner
Saudi Aramco

Operator

Location
23.98, 38.26

Coordinates

Insights

#109
largest in %s
#3,435
largest %s worldwide
#11,022
largest worldwide
2005
%d yrs newer than avg
12
operated by %s
7
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
83 MW
Commissioned
2005
Status
Operational
Owner
Saudi Aramco
Country
Saudi Arabia
Coordinates
23.980, 38.257

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
159,355 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4.8M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

34,642
cars / year
21,247
homes / year
7.2M
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

YANBU (ARAM) is an 82.5 MW gas power plant in Saudi Arabia, operated by Saudi Aramco and commissioned in 2005.

Ranked #48 of 60 gas plants in Saudi Arabia, it represents 0.11% 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 YANBU 79 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Yanbu 1 IWPP (1,207 MW, Oil), YANBU PLANT (865.8 MW, Oil), and Yanbu 2 Power Plant (825 MW, Oil). The facility is located in the Al Madinah region, approximately 50 km from the city of Yanbu.

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