Cap Des Biches is a 327 MW oil power station in Nouakchott, Senegal. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 245,530 homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 10 Senegal power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 78.6% of Senegal's electricity; the national grid averages 540 gCO₂/kWh (19.8% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023158.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 30% load factor × a typical oil emission factor (~750 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 17.7°N — 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).
The #1 largest oil power plant of 5 in Senegal by capacity.
Senegal has 5 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 470 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 17.7197, -17.2996 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
