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Power plants in French Guiana

A directory of 6 power plants in French Guiana with a combined installed capacity of 253 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

6power plants
253MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (French Guiana)

Gas: 2 plants2GasOil: 1 plants1OilBiomass: 1 plants1BiomassHydro: 1 plants1HydroSolar: 1 plants1Solar

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

French Guiana electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2023)

245gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
65.3%low-carbon electricity
65.3%renewables
34.7%fossil fuels
Hydro: 53 % of electricity53HydroOil: 35 % of electricity35OilSolar: 6 % of electricity6SolarBioenergy: 6 % of electricity6Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in French Guiana

#PlantFuelMW
1Petit SautHydro114
2Dégrad des CannesGas72
3Dégrad des CannesOil40
4KourouGas20
5ToucanSolar5
6KourouBiomass2

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