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Power plants in Burkina Faso

A directory of 7 power plants in Burkina Faso with a combined installed capacity of 229 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

7power plants
229MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Burkina Faso)

Oil: 3 plants3OilHydro: 2 plants2HydroSolar: 2 plants2Solar

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Burkina Faso electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

562gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
17.2%low-carbon electricity
17.2%renewables
82.8%fossil fuels
Oil: 83 % of electricity83OilSolar: 6 % of electricity6SolarHydro: 5 % of electricity5HydroBioenergy: 5 % of electricity5Bioenergy

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Burkina Faso

#PlantFuelMW
1KossodoOil64
2OuagaOil59
3ZagtouliSolar33
4BoboOil24
5EssakaneSolar20
6BagreHydro16
7KompiengaHydro14

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