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Menzel Bourguiba — 44 MW Natural Gas

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Menzel Bourguiba is a 44 MW gas power plant located in Tunisia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
44 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1978

Year online

Owner
Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz

Operator

Location
37.15, 9.80

Coordinates

Insights

#18
largest in %s
#3,829
largest %s worldwide
#14,789
largest worldwide
1978
%d yrs older than avg
4
operated by %s
9
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
44 MW
Commissioned
1978
Status
Operational
Owner
Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz
Country
TUN
Coordinates
37.148, 9.801

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
84,990 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2.5M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

18,476
cars / year
11,332
homes / year
3.9M
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Menzel Bourguiba is a 44 MW gas-fired power plant in Tunisia, commissioned in 1978.

Ranked #16 of 18 gas plants in Tunisia, it contributes 0.91% of the country’s total gas capacity of 4,834 MW. The largest gas plant in Tunisia is Rades A1 at 700 MW, making Menzel Bourguiba 15.9 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Metline (72 MW, Wind), Tunis – Sud 1 (66 MW, Gas), and Aroussia (4.8 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the Bizerte Governorate, approximately 60 km north of Tunis.

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