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Kinguele — 58 MW Hydroelectric

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Kinguele is a 58 MW hydro power plant located in Gabon. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
58 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
Société Nationale d'Électricité (SNE)

Operator

Location
0.46, 10.28

Coordinates

Insights

#5
largest in %s
#3,024
largest %s worldwide
#12,590
largest worldwide
2010
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
2
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
58 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
Société Nationale d'Électricité (SNE)
Country
GAB
Coordinates
0.455, 10.281

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
4,844 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
387,514 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,053
cars / year
646
homes / year
220,179
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

Nearby Stations

Owendo

Gabon · Natural Gas

77MW · 2015

Tchimbele

Gabon · Hydroelectric

68MW · 2015

About this plant

Kinguele is a 57.6 MW hydro power plant in Gabon.

Ranked #3 of 3 hydro plants in Gabon. Its 57.6 MW accounts for 20.14% of Gabon’s total hydro capacity of 286 MW. The largest hydro plant in Gabon is Poubara at 160 MW, making Kinguele 2.8 times smaller.

The nearest plant is Tchimbele (68.4 MW, Hydro). Kinguele is situated in the Estuaire province, approximately 30 km from Libreville.

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