Largest Natural Gas Power Stations in the World 2026
About This Dataset
Largest Natural Gas Power Stations in the World 2026
The biggest gas-fired power stations in operation in 2026, ranked by installed capacity in megawatts. Most large gas plants are combined-cycle: they run a gas turbine and then reuse its exhaust heat to drive a steam turbine, which is why their efficiency beats coal at similar size.
Analysis
Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates is the largest at 8,695 MW, 1.53 times the 5,687 MW of Surgut-2. The 12 stations here total 60,756 MW. 5 of them are in Japan, and 6 countries are represented in total. The smallest on the chart, Phú Mỹ, is rated at 3,900 MW, 45% of the leader.
Key Findings
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Jebel Ali (United Arab Emirates) leads in Installed Capacity (MW) with 8,695 in 2026.
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Average Installed Capacity (MW) in 2026: 5,063 · median: 4,800.
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Gap in 2026: Jebel Ali (United Arab Emirates) is 2.2× larger than Phú Mỹ (Vietnam).
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia, List of largest power stations
- Coverage
- 12 entities · 2026 · 12 observations
- Measure
- Installed Capacity (MW)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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