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Power plants in Niger

A directory of 7 power plants in Niger with a combined installed capacity of 167 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

7power plants
167MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Niger)

Oil: 5 plants5OilCoal: 1 plants1CoalSolar: 1 plants1Solar

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

Niger electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

674gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
3.2%low-carbon electricity
3.2%renewables
96.8%fossil fuels
Oil: 74 % of electricity74OilCoal: 18 % of electricity18CoalGas: 5 % of electricity5GasSolar: 3 % of electricity3Solar

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

Largest plants in Niger

#PlantFuelMW
1SorazOil54
2Anou Araren MineCoal38
3NiameyOil28
4GoudelOil15
5Arlit MineOil14
6D'akouta MineOil12
7MalbazaSolar7

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