Bangui Enerca — Central African Republic

Bangui Enerca is a 14.4 MW oil power plant in Bangui, Central African Republic. It is operated by Énergie Centrafricaine. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 11k homes (estimated). It ranks #2 of 2 Central African Republic power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2021, it is around 5 years old — recently built. In context, oil supplies about 0.0% of Central African Republic's electricity; the national grid averages 0 gCO₂/kWh (100.0% low-carbon) (2023).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023051.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

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.

Owner

Operated by Énergie Centrafricaine.

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 4.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

Central African Republic has 1 oil power plant in this dataset, together about 14 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Boali · Hydro · 19.3 MW · Ombella-Mpoko

Location

Coordinates 4.3833, 18.6167 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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