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EL KANSERA — 8 MW Hydroelectric

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EL KANSERA is a 8 MW hydro power plant located in Morocco. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
8 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1946

Year online

Owner
Office National de l’Electricité (ONE)

Operator

Location
34.04, -5.91

Coordinates

Insights

#44
largest in %s
#5,823
largest %s worldwide
#25,650
largest worldwide
1946
%d yrs older than avg
7
operated by %s
4
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
8 MW
Commissioned
1946
Status
Operational
Owner
Office National de l’Electricité (ONE)
Country
Morocco
Coordinates
34.042, -5.908

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
698 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
55,840 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

152
cars / year
93
homes / year
31,727
trees to offset

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

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Al wahda

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A. EL HANSALI

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About this plant

El Kansera is an 8.3 MW hydro power plant in Morocco, operated by the Office National de l’Electricité since 1946.

Ranked #18 of 18 hydro plants in Morocco, it accounts for 0.5% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 1,676 MW. The largest hydro plant in Morocco is STEP UR1 at 464 MW, making El Kansera 55.8 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km. The facility is located in the region of Marrakech-Safi, approximately 200 km southwest of Rabat.

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