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Power Plants in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates has 30 power plants on the map, adding up to about 30 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is gas. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS30

TOTAL CAPACITY30 GW

MOST COMMON FUELGas

By fuel

How United Arab Emirates’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.

Gas24 · 80% · 29 GW

Solar6 · 20% · 840 MW

Largest power plants in United Arab Emirates

The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.

4,889 MWShuweihat S1Gas2005

2,430 MWAPC UANGas2003

2,200 MWTAPCOGas2005

2,114 MWFAPCO (Fuj F2)Gas2011

2,060 MWJebel Ali "M"Gas2010

1,728 MWNew Mirfah (MIPCO)Gas2016

1,671 MWTaweelah A1Gas2000

1,393 MWJebel Ali "L" - Ph llGas2007

1,182 MWWasit Power Station (WPS)Gas1998

1,027 MWJebel Ali "D"Gas1979

969 MWJebel Ali "L" - Ph IGas2005

918 MWJebel Ali "K"Gas2002

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