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Power plants in Cameroon

A directory of 8 power plants in Cameroon with a combined installed capacity of 882 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

8power plants
882MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Cameroon)

Oil: 4 plants4OilHydro: 3 plants3HydroGas: 1 plants1Gas

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

Cameroon electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

226gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
73.1%low-carbon electricity
73.1%renewables
26.9%fossil fuels
Hydro: 72 % of electricity72HydroGas: 22 % of electricity22GasOil: 5 % of electricity5OilSolar: 1 % of electricity1SolarBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in Cameroon

#PlantFuelMW
1Song LoulouHydro396
2KribiGas200
3EdeaHydro154
4LagdoHydro80
5GarouaOil16
6Douala BassaOil14
7BafoussamOil11
8LimbeOil11

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Oil (4)Hydro (3)