Saudi Arabia has 90 power plants in this atlas, with 84,342 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is SHAIBA (SEC) (6,794 MW, oil; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are oil, gas and solar. Grid operators listed here include National Grid SA and GCC Interconnection Authority. Electricity is regulated by SERA. Renewables supplied 2.2% 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 Saudi Arabia
Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators
Oil and gas supply most power; large solar and wind projects are being added for the 2030 target.
Connected to the Gulf Cooperation Council grid, which links the six Gulf states for emergency support and power trading.
What does “Single buyer” mean?
Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.
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.
Saudi Arabia 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
Riyadh
Languages
Arabic
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 90 records for Saudi Arabia. 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
90 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 90 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
