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Lobito — 20 MW Natural Gas

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Lobito is a 20 MW gas power plant located in Angola. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
20 MW

Installed

Commissioned
—

Year online

Owner
Sonangol

Operator

Location
-12.37, 13.57

Coordinates

Insights

#7
largest in Angola
#4,200
largest Natural Gas worldwide
#19,003
largest worldwide
6
operated by Sonangol
2
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
20 MW
Commissioned
—
Status
Operational
Owner
Sonangol
Country
AGO
Coordinates
-12.370, 13.570

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
38,632 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1,158,948 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
490 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

8,398
cars per year
5,151
homes per year
1,755,982
trees to offset

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

Nearby Plants

Biopio

Angola · Oil

23MW

Biopio (hydro)

Angola · Hydroelectric

15MW · 2015

About this plant

Lobito is a 20 MW gas power plant in Angola.

Ranked #2 of 3 gas plants in Angola, Lobito’s 20 MW represents 9.22% of Angola’s total gas capacity of 217 MW. The largest gas plant in Angola is Cazenga at 185 MW, making Lobito 9.25% larger.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Biopio (22.8 MW, Oil) and Biopio (14.6 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Angola, approximately 500 km from the capital city, Luanda.

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