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Amman East Power Plant

Amman Governorate, Jordan

The 1581st largest power station in the world

400 MW · Capacity

Amman East Power Plant is a combined cycle gas-fired power plant in Al Manakher, Jordan. It was the first independent power plant in Jordan. The plant is operated by AES Jordan PSC, a subsidiary of AES Corporation and Mitsui & Co. Construction started in 2007 and the plant was commissioned in 2009. The plant has an installed capacity of 380 MW and it cost US$300 million. In 2011, it was announced that Qatar Electricity & Water Corporation will buy a stake in the power plant.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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