Malicounda power station is a 120 MW gas power station in Thiès, Senegal. It is operated by Africa50 SA [30%]; National Electricity Company of Senegal [15%]; MP Energy [55%. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 135k homes (estimated). It ranks #8 of 21 Senegal power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2022, it is around 4 years old — recently built. In context, gas supplies about 0.3% 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 GOGPT_malicounda_senega.
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 · L100000406815; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 120 MW, Malicounda power station is around the median gas plant in Senegal (120 MW). 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Africa50 SA [30%]; National Electricity Company of Senegal [15%]; MP Energy [55%.
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 14.5°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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #3 largest gas power plant of 6 in Senegal by capacity.
Senegal has 6 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 771 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 14.472403, -16.950748 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Malicounda power station is a 120 MW gas power plant in Thiès, Senegal, commissioned in 2022.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 135,154 homes (estimated).
Malicounda power station is operated by Africa50 SA [30%]; National Electricity Company of Senegal [15%]; MP Energy [55%.
