Oil power plant in Ambohimanambola, Madagascar. Approximate location -18.94967, 47.615293.
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Ambohimanambola (Aksaf) power plant is a 66 MW oil power plant in Ambohimanambola, Madagascar. It is operated by Aksaf Power Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 50k homes (estimated). It ranks #4 of 16 Madagascar power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 years old — relatively modern. In context, oil supplies about 37.0% of Madagascar's electricity; the national grid averages 432 gCO₂/kWh (42.4% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_ambohimanambolaaksaf_madaga.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000409180; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 66 MW, Ambohimanambola (Aksaf) power plant is well above the median oil plant in Madagascar (40 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Aksaf Power Ltd.
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 18.9°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #2 largest oil power plant of 5 in Madagascar by capacity.
Madagascar has 5 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 244 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -18.94967, 47.615293 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Ambohimanambola (Aksaf) power plant is a 66 MW oil power plant in Ambohimanambola, Madagascar, commissioned in 2017.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 49,556 homes (estimated).
Ambohimanambola (Aksaf) power plant is operated by Aksaf Power Ltd.
