Dibabmba power station is a 88 MW oil power plant in Douala, Cameroon. It is operated by Globeleq Africa Investments Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 66k homes (estimated). It ranks #6 of 12 Cameroon power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2009, it is around 17 years old — relatively modern. In context, oil supplies about 4.8% of Cameroon's electricity; the national grid averages 226 gCO₂/kWh (73.1% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_dibabmba_camero.
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 · L100000409048; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 88 MW, Dibabmba power station is well above the median oil plant in Cameroon (16 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 Globeleq Africa Investments Ltd.
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 4.0°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).
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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), 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 #1 largest oil power plant of 6 in Cameroon by capacity.
Cameroon has 6 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 199 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 3.967229, 9.817752 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Dibabmba power station is a 88 MW oil power plant in Douala, Cameroon, commissioned in 2009.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 66,075 homes (estimated).
Dibabmba power station is operated by Globeleq Africa Investments Ltd.
