Victoria C (Roche Caiman) power station — Seychelles

Victoria C (Roche Caiman) power station is a 58 MW oil power plant in Victoria, Seychelles. It is operated by Public Utilities Corp. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 44k homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 1 Seychelles power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern.

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

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000409068; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

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.

Owner

Operated by Public Utilities Corp.

Climate zone & how it works

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 4.6°S — 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).

Location

Coordinates -4.632329, 55.466194 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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