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Power plants in Mauritania

A directory of 7 power plants in Mauritania with a combined installed capacity of 316 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

7power plants
316MW total capacity
4fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Mauritania)

Oil: 3 plants3OilSolar: 2 plants2SolarGas: 1 plants1GasWind: 1 plants1Wind

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

Mauritania electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

512gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
22.7%low-carbon electricity
22.7%renewables
77.3%fossil fuels
Oil: 77 % of electricity77OilHydro: 10 % of electricity10HydroSolar: 8 % of electricity8SolarWind: 5 % of electricity5Wind

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

Largest plants in Mauritania

#PlantFuelMW
1NouadhibouGas120
2Guelbs El RheinOil67
3Nouakchott (Thermal)Oil52
4Nouakchott (Solar)Solar30
5Nouakchott (Wind)Wind30
6ZouerateOil14
7Zouerate (Solar)Solar3

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