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Zouerate — 14 MW Oil

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Zouerate is a 14 MW oil power plant located in Mauritania. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
14 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Société Mauritanienne d'Electricité

Operator

Location
22.72, -12.48

Coordinates

Insights

#6
largest in %s
#1,081
largest %s worldwide
#21,653
largest worldwide
2015
%d yrs newer than avg
4
operated by %s
2
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
14 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Société Mauritanienne d'Electricité
Country
MRT
Coordinates
22.723, -12.484

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
32,797 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
983,923 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

7,130
cars / year
4,373
homes / year
1.5M
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Guelbs El Rhein

Mauritania · Oil

67MW · 2015

Zouerate (Solar)

Mauritania · Solar

3MW · 2018

About this plant

Zouerate is a 14.4 MW oil power plant in Mauritania, ranking #3 of 3 oil plants in the country.

This facility represents 10.84% of Mauritania’s total oil capacity of 133 MW. The largest oil plant in Mauritania is Guelbs El Rhein at 67 MW, making Zouerate 4.6 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Guelbs El Rhein (66.6 MW, Oil) and Zouerate (3 MW, Solar). The facility is located approximately 700 km northeast of Nouakchott in the Hodh El Gharbi region.

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