Power plants in Democratic Republic of the CongoA directory of 15 power plants in Democratic Republic of the Congo with a combined installed capacity of 2,706 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.
Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inga II | Hydro | 1,424 |
| 2 | Nseke | Hydro | 260 |
| 3 | Nzilo | Hydro | 228 |
| 4 | Zongo II | Hydro | 150 |
| 5 | Imboulou | Hydro | 120 |
| 6 | Ruzizi I | Hydro | 81 |
| 7 | Zongo 1 | Hydro | 75 |
| 8 | Moukoukoulou | Hydro | 74 |
| 9 | M'Sha | Hydro | 68 |
| 10 | Mwadingusha | Hydro | 68 |
| 11 | Katende | Hydro | 64 |
| 12 | Koni | Hydro | 42 |
| 13 | Djeno Total | Gas | 25 |
| 14 | Rutshuru | Hydro | 14 |
| 15 | Pointe-Noire | Oil | 13 |
There are 15 power plants in Democratic Republic of the Congo in this open dataset, with about 2,706 MW of total capacity.
Inga II is the largest at about 1,424 MW (hydro).
The most common plant type in this dataset is hydro (13 plants), across 3 fuel types in total.
Democratic Republic of the Congo's grid carbon intensity is about 28 gCO₂/kWh, with 100.0% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
