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Power plants in Sudan

A directory of 19 power plants in Sudan with a combined installed capacity of 2,798 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

19power plants
2,798MW total capacity
4fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Sudan)

Oil: 10 plants10OilHydro: 6 plants6HydroBiomass: 2 plants2BiomassGas: 1 plants1Gas

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

Sudan electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

154gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
79.7%low-carbon electricity
79.7%renewables
20.3%fossil fuels
Hydro: 78 % of electricity78HydroOil: 20 % of electricity20OilSolar: 1 % of electricity1SolarBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in Sudan

#PlantFuelMW
1MeroweHydro1,250
2Khartoum NorthOil351
3El JailiGas319
4Kilo-X DitOil260
5RoseiresHydro234
6White Nile StateBiomass100
7KenanaOil50
8Port SudanOil38
9Kilo-X NecOil34
10Melut Sugar FactoryBiomass26
11KukuOil23
12NyalaOil16
13Jebel Aulia DamHydro15
14Jebel Aulia DamHydro15
15AtbaraOil15
16SennarHydro15
17El ObeidOil14
18RahadOil13
19Khasm El GirbaHydro11

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