The Aqaba Thermal Power Station is the largest power station in
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
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[ It has a total generation capacity of 656 MW, which consists of five steam turbines units (5 x 130 MW), and two hydraulic turbines (2 x 3 MW). The power station is fueled by natural gas and by fuel oil.][
] It is operated by the Central Electricity Generating Company of Jordan.
The Aqaba Thermal Power Station was established in 1986 as an oil-fueled power station.[
] After construction of 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 power station was switched to use natural gas.[
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Oil-fired power stations in Jordan
Natural gas-fired power stations in Jordan
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