Iraq has 28 power plants in this atlas, with 18,161 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Al-Shemal (2,100 MW, oil; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are gas, hydro and oil. Grid operators listed here include Ministry of Electricity. Renewables supplied 1.6% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
Grid operators and electricity market in Iraq
Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything
Gas and oil plants supply power, supplemented by imports and neighbourhood generators; summer shortages are common.
GenerationState utility
TransmissionState utility
DistributionState utility
CustomersGovernment-set tariffs
Who regulates
No separate independent regulator is listed: the government or the utility itself sets tariffs and technical rules.
Who controls the grid
The Ministry of Electricity runs generation, transmission and distribution; the Kurdistan Region has its own ministry.
No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.
Regional grid
Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.
What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?
A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Iraq is in Western Asia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Baghdad
Languages
Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani
Region
Western Asia
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 28 records for Iraq. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
28 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 28 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
