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Garoua — 16 MW Oil

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Garoua is a 16 MW oil power plant located in Cameroon. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
16 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
Sonatrach

Operator

Location
9.30, 13.40

Coordinates

Insights

#5
largest in %s
#1,023
largest %s worldwide
#20,858
largest worldwide
2010
%d yrs newer than avg
4
operated by %s
1
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
16 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
Sonatrach
Country
CMR
Coordinates
9.300, 13.400

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
36,442 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1.1M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

7,922
cars / year
4,859
homes / year
1.7M
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Lagdo

Cameroon · Hydroelectric

80MW · 1982

About this plant

Garoua is a 16 MW oil power plant in Cameroon, operated since its commissioning.

Ranked #1 of 4 oil plants in Cameroon, Garoua’s 16 MW represents 31.14% of Cameroon’s total oil capacity of 51 MW. The largest oil plant in Cameroon is Garoua at 16 MW, making it the only plant of its size.

The nearest plant within 50 km is Lagdo (80 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the North Region, approximately 200 km northeast of Yaoundé.

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