Karbala Cement Thermal power plant

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Karbala Cement Thermal power plant (محطة كهرباء مصنع اسمنت كربلاء) is an operating power station of at least 50-megawatts (MW) in Kerbala, Iraq.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Karbala Cement Thermal power plant	Kerbala, Kerbala, Iraq	32.342914, 43.326774 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	CHP	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	operating	fossil liquids - fuel oil	50	unknown	–	–	–

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	Ministry of Industry and Minerals (Iraq) [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

• Captive industry use (heat or power): cement & building
• Captive industry: Power

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