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Power plants in Yemen

7 power-plant records · 1,045 MW reported capacity

  • Oil 86%
  • Gas 14%
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Yemen at a glance

Power-plant records
7
Reported capacity
1,045 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
11.2%
Most records
Oil, Gas
Capital
Sana'a

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Marib400 MW
  2. 2Al Mukha160 MW
  3. 3Ras Kanatib150 MW
  4. 4Al Mansoura139 MW
  5. 5Al Hiswa125 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

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.

How electricity works in Yemen

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Most people rely on private generators and solar.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. 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 state Public Electricity Corporation once ran the grid; conflict has split it.

Markets & power exchanges

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.

Electricity provision is fragmented. This Sana’a-based public-service reference does not represent every local provider or a single unified national grid.

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.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Yemen generates electricity

Electricity generated5.3 TWh
Renewable share11.2%
Low-carbon share11.2%
Carbon intensity592.4 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.59 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0.06 TWh
Other fossil4.6 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Yemen 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
Sana'a
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 7 records for Yemen. 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

7 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

0 lack an owner/operator; 1 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Yemen

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Browse 7 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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