Ras Laffan A power plant

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Ras Laffan A power plant (محطة رأس لفان للطاقة) is an operating power station of at least 756-megawatts (MW) in Ras Laffan Industrial city, Zone 75, Al Khor, Qatar. It is also known as Ras Laffan Power Company Power Plant.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ras Laffan A power plant Ras Laffan Industrial city, Zone 75, Al Khor, Qatar 25.9228, 51.5452 (exact)[1][2]

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit CC1: 25.9228, 51.5452

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit CC1 operating[1] fossil gas - natural gas[2] 756[3] combined cycle[4] 2004[4][5]

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 CC1 Ras Laffan Power Company QSC [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): chemicals[6]
  • Captive industry: Power[6]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220327155906/https://www.rlpc.net/en/about-us/. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230103182122/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 03 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20221006172337/https://www.power-technology.com/projects/raslaffan/. Archived from the original on 06 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220402010839/https://www.powermag.com/top-plantras-laffan-power-and-water-plant-ras-laffan-industrial-city-qatar/. Archived from the original on 02 April 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220816073009/https://www.qewc.com/qewc/ar/subsidiaries/rlpc/. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221004233433/https://www.qewc.com/qewc/ar/subsidiaries/ras-girtas/. Archived from the original on 04 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

Additional data

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