Le Moule Power Station — Guadeloupe
Coal power plant in Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe. Approximate location 16.304873, -61.326223.
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Le Moule Power Station is a 102 MW coal power station in Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe. It is operated by Albioma SAS [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 128k homes (estimated). It ranks #2 of 2 Guadeloupe power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1998, it is around 28 years old — long-established. Its annual emissions of 343,838 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 80k cars driven for a year.
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_lemoule_guade.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
343,838 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).
Owner
Operated by Albioma SAS [100%].
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 16.3°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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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
Guadeloupe has 1 coal power plant in this dataset, together about 102 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Le Moule · Solar · 9.9 MW · Guadeloupe
- Saint-François · Wind · 4.3 MW · Guadeloupe
- Saint-François · Solar · 7.8 MW · Guadeloupe
- Petit-Canal · Wind · 9.5 MW · Guadeloupe
- Petit-Canal · Solar · 13.49 MW · Guadeloupe
- Les Abymes · Solar · 2.8 MW · Guadeloupe
Location
Coordinates 16.304873, -61.326223 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Le Moule Power Station?
Le Moule Power Station is a 102 MW coal power plant in Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, commissioned in 1998.
Who operates Le Moule Power Station?
Le Moule Power Station is operated by Albioma SAS [100%].
How much CO₂ does Le Moule Power Station emit?
Le Moule Power Station has measured emissions of about 343,838 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).