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Bobo — 24 MW Oil

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Bobo is a 24 MW oil power plant located in Burkina Faso. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
24 MW

Installed

Commissioned
—

Year online

Owner
Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso

Operator

Location
11.20, -4.30

Coordinates

Insights

#4
largest in %s
#868
largest %s worldwide
#18,312
largest worldwide
5
operated by %s
0
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
24 MW
Commissioned
—
Status
Operational
Owner
Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso
Country
BFA
Coordinates
11.200, -4.300

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
54,312 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1.6M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

11,807
cars / year
7,242
homes / year
2.5M
trees to offset

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

About this plant

Bobo is a 23.846 MW oil power plant in Burkina Faso, operated by Société Nationale d’électricité du Burkina Faso.

Ranked #3 of 3 oil plants in Burkina Faso, Bobo’s capacity accounts for 16.29% of the country’s total oil capacity of 146 MW. The largest oil plant in Burkina Faso is Kossodo at 64 MW, making Bobo 2.7 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km of Bobo. The plant is located in the Centre-Ouest region of Burkina Faso, approximately 200 km from Ouagadougou.

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