Power plants in French GuianaA directory of 6 power plants in French Guiana with a combined installed capacity of 255 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 | Petit Saut | Hydro | 116 |
| 2 | Dégrad des Cannes | Gas | 72 |
| 3 | Dégrad des Cannes | Oil | 40 |
| 4 | Kourou | Gas | 20 |
| 5 | Toucan | Solar | 5 |
| 6 | Kourou | Biomass | 2 |
There are 6 power plants in French Guiana in this open dataset, with about 255 MW of total capacity.
Petit Saut is the largest at about 116 MW (hydro).
The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (2 plants), across 5 fuel types in total.
French Guiana's grid carbon intensity is about 245 gCO₂/kWh, with 65.3% 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)).
