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Kribi

Gas power plant in South Province, Cameroon. Approximate location 3.01, 9.96.

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Kribi is a 200 MW gas power station in South Province, Cameroon. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 225,257 homes (estimated). It ranks #2 of 8 Cameroon power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 22.0% of Cameroon's electricity; the national grid averages 226 gCO₂/kWh (73.1% low-carbon) (2024).

200MW installed capacity
225,257homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023033.

~315,360 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

73,510passenger cars driven for a year
41,127homes' yearly energy use
5,256,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 3.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

26.2°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,974cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
79 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 27 °CJF: 27 °CFM: 27 °CMA: 27 °CAM: 27 °CMJ: 26 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 26 °CON: 26 °CND: 27 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~8% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

Cameroon has 1 gas power plant in this dataset, together about 200 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 3.01, 9.96 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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