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Tsiazompaniry

Hydro power plant in Analamanga, Madagascar. Approximate location -19.2478, 47.8339.

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Tsiazompaniry is a 5 MW hydro power plant in Analamanga, Madagascar. It is operated by HENRI FRAISE FILS & CIE. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 5,205 homes (estimated). It ranks #12 of 12 Madagascar power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 37.0% of Madagascar's electricity; the national grid averages 432 gCO₂/kWh (42.4% low-carbon) (2024).

5MW installed capacity
5,205homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1026780.

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Madagascar

Andekaleka: 58 MW58AndekalekaLa Mandraka: 24 MW24La MandrakaSahanivotry: 16 MW16SahanivotryAntelomita: 9 MW9AntelomitaTsiazompaniry: 5 MW5Tsiazompan…

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

Owner

Operated by HENRI FRAISE FILS & CIE.

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 19.2°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.0°Cannual mean temp
595heating degree-days (base 18°C)
232cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,427 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 20 °CJF: 20 °CFM: 20 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 13 °CJA: 13 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 17 °CON: 19 °CND: 19 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 76% 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: 22/100 — 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.

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

The #5 largest hydro power plant of 5 in Madagascar by capacity.

Madagascar has 5 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 113 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -19.2478, 47.8339 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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