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Power plants in Congo

A directory of 8 power plants in Congo with a combined installed capacity of 626 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

8power plants
626MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Congo)

Hydro: 4 plants4HydroGas: 2 plants2GasOil: 2 plants2Oil

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

Congo electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

716gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
20.9%low-carbon electricity
20.9%renewables
79.1%fossil fuels
Gas: 74 % of electricity74GasHydro: 20 % of electricity20HydroOil: 5 % of electricity5OilBioenergy: 0 % of electricity0BioenergySolar: 0 % of electricity0Solar

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

Largest plants in Congo

#PlantFuelMW
1Pointe-Noire SneGas300
2ImboulouHydro120
3MoukoukoulouHydro74
4LoangoOil45
5Djeno EniGas36
6MpilaOil26
7DjoueHydro15
8Sounda GorgeHydro10

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