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Kingtom — 53 MW Oil

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Kingtom is a 53 MW oil power plant located in Sierra Leone. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
53 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Sierra Leone Electricity Company

Operator

Location
8.49, -13.25

Coordinates

Insights

#1
largest in %s
#634
largest %s worldwide
#12,865
largest worldwide
2015
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
0
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
53 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Sierra Leone Electricity Company
Country
SLE
Coordinates
8.493, -13.247

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
120,713 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
3.6M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

26,242
cars / year
16,095
homes / year
5.5M
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

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About this plant

Kingtom is a 53 MW oil-fired power plant in Sierra Leone, operated since its commissioning.

Ranked #1 of 2 oil plants in Sierra Leone, Kingtom’s 53 MW represents 69.74% of the country’s total oil capacity of 76 MW. The largest oil plant in Sierra Leone is Kingtom itself at 53 MW, making it the only operational facility of its kind.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km of Kingtom. The facility is located in Sierra Leone, approximately 8 km from the capital city, Freetown.

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