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Kossodo — 64 MW Oil

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Kossodo is a 64 MW oil power plant located in Burkina Faso. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
64 MW

Installed

Commissioned
—

Year online

Owner
Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso

Operator

Location
12.37, -1.52

Coordinates

Insights

#1
largest in %s
#567
largest %s worldwide
#12,083
largest worldwide
5
operated by %s
2
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
64 MW
Commissioned
—
Status
Operational
Owner
Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso
Country
BFA
Coordinates
12.370, -1.525

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
145,766 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4.4M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

31,688
cars / year
19,436
homes / year
6.6M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

Nearby Stations

Ouaga

Burkina Faso · Oil

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Zagtouli

Burkina Faso · Solar

33MW · 2015

Bagre

Burkina Faso · Hydroelectric

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About this plant

Kossodo is a 64 MW oil power plant in Burkina Faso, operated by Société Nationale d’électricité du Burkina Faso.

Ranked #1 of 3 oil plants in Burkina Faso, this facility’s 64 MW accounts for 43.71% of the country’s total oil capacity of 146 MW. The largest oil plant in Burkina Faso is Kossodo itself at 64 MW.

Nearby plants include Ouaga (58.56 MW, Oil) and Zagtouli (33 MW, Solar). The facility is located in the Centre region, approximately 10 km from Ouagadougou.

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