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Banjul — 29 MW Oil

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Banjul is a 29 MW oil power plant located in Gambia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
29 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Gambia National Petroleum Corporation

Operator

Location
13.47, -16.62

Coordinates

Insights

#2
largest in %s
#796
largest %s worldwide
#17,086
largest worldwide
2015
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
4
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
29 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Gambia National Petroleum Corporation
Country
GMB
Coordinates
13.469, -16.624

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
66,050 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

14,359
cars / year
8,807
homes / year
3M
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Kotu

Gambia · Oil

41MW

About this plant

Banjul is a 29 MW oil-fired power plant in Gambia, operational since its commissioning.

Ranked #2 of 2 oil plants in Gambia. Its 29 MW represents 41.19% of Gambia’s total oil capacity of 70 MW. The largest oil plant in Gambia is Kotu at 41 MW, making Banjul 1.4 times smaller.

Within 50 km, the nearest plant is Kotu (41.4 MW, Oil). The facility is located in the Banjul region, approximately 25 km from the capital city, Banjul.

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