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Sangaredi

Oil power plant in Boke, Guinea. Approximate location 11.097, -13.79.

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Sangaredi is a 17 MW oil power plant in Boke, Guinea. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 12k homes (estimated). It ranks #10 of 12 Guinea power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 24.8% of Guinea's electricity; the national grid averages 181 gCO₂/kWh (75.2% low-carbon) (2024).

17Legacy source-record capacity
12,464homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023085.

Data status

Known data

FacilitySangaredi WRI
CountryGuinea · Boke WRI
Coordinates11.097, -13.79 WRI
FuelOil WRI
MW installed capacity17 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised

Calculated from dataset

CO₂ emissions32,719 t CO₂/yr calculated
Capacity rank in country#10 of 12 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#5 of 5 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.34× · 49 MW median · 5 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent12,464 calculated
Climate27.1°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC4 · 43/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 17 MW, Sangaredi is below the median oil plant in Guinea (49 MW). 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.

Capacity vs largest oil plants in Guinea

Kipé power plant: 54 MW54Kipé power…Tè-Power power plant: 50 MW50Tè-Power p…Tombo: 49 MW49TomboKamsar: 26 MW26KamsarSangaredi: 17 MW17Sangaredi

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 11.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

27.1°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,306cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
220 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 25 °CJF: 27 °CFM: 29 °CMA: 31 °CAM: 29 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 26 °CSO: 27 °CON: 27 °CND: 25 °CD31 °C

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

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.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
43/100environmental-severity index
5.5°Cseasonal temperature swing
106 kmdistance to coast

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #5 largest oil power plant of 5 in Guinea by capacity.

Guinea has 5 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 196 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 11.097, -13.79 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Sangaredi?

Sangaredi is a 17 MW source-record oil power plant in Boke, Guinea.

How many homes can Sangaredi power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 12,464 homes (estimated).

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