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Power plants in Senegal

A directory of 10 power plants in Senegal with a combined installed capacity of 696 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

10power plants
696MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Senegal)

Oil: 5 plants5OilSolar: 4 plants4SolarHydro: 1 plants1Hydro

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Senegal electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

540gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
19.8%low-carbon electricity
19.8%renewables
80.2%fossil fuels
Oil: 79 % of electricity79OilSolar: 9 % of electricity9SolarWind: 5 % of electricity5WindHydro: 4 % of electricity4HydroBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1BioenergyCoal: 1 % of electricity1CoalGas: 0 % of electricity0Gas

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Senegal

#PlantFuelMW
1Cap Des BichesOil327
2SambangalouHydro120
3Bel-AirOil99
4Mérina DakharSolar34
5Ten MerinaSolar34
6Kahone 1Solar21
7BoutouteOil19
8BokholSolar16
9KaolackOil15
10Saint-LouisOil10

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