Al Qatrana power plant (Qatrana power plant) is a
natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...
-fired power plant in
Al Qatrana, south of
Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...
,
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
. The generating capacity of the power plant is 373
MW.
[ Natural gas to the plant is supplied through the ]Arab Gas Pipeline
The Arab Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in the Middle East. It originates near Arish in the Sinai Peninsula and was built to export Egyptian natural gas to Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, with branch underwater and overland pipelines to and ...
. .[
The construction started in May 2009 and the power plant was inaugurated on 27 February 2012.][
] It cost about US$500 million. The power plant was constructed by Korea Electric Power Corporation
Korea Electric Power Corporation, better known as KEPCO (Hangul: 켑코) or Hanjeon (Hangul: 한전), is the largest electric utility in South Korea,
responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and the developme ...
, who received a right to operate the power plant until 2035.[
] It owns 80% stake in the power station operator company— Qatrana Electric Power Company—while rest (20%) is owned by Xenel Industries.[
]
See also
*Al-Qatraneh
Al-Qaṭrāneh ( ar, القطرانة) is one of the districts of Karak governorate, Jordan.
See also
*Qatraneh town
*Qatrana Power Plant
Al Qatrana power plant (Qatrana power plant) is a natural gas-fired power plant in Al Qatrana, south ...
district
* Qatraneh town
* Qasr al-Qatraneh, fortified khan (inn) along the hajj route
References
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Natural gas-fired power stations in Jordan