Fútila power station — Angola

Fútila power station is a 200 MW gas power station in Cabinda, Angola. It ranks #3 of 17 Angola power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 9.0% of Angola's electricity; the national grid averages 185 gCO₂/kWh (73.7% low-carbon) (2024).

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

Data provenance

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

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 200 MW, Fútila power station is well above the median gas plant in Angola (132 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest gas power plant of 5 in Angola by capacity.

Angola has 5 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,834 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Malongo · Oil · 10 MW · Cabinda
• Congo Natural Gas Combined Cycle power plant · Gas · 100 MW · Pointe-Noire
• Pointe-Noire Sne · Gas · 300 MW · Pointe-Noire
• Djeno Total · Gas · 25 MW · Pointe-Noire
• Djeno Eni · Gas · 36 MW · Pointe-Noire
• Centrale Électrique du Congo (CEC) power station · Gas · 1,000 MW · Pointe-Noire

Location

Coordinates -5.368375, 12.210049 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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