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Massawa — 100 MW Oil

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Massawa is a 100 MW oil power plant located in Eritrea. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
100 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Eritrean Electric Corporation

Operator

Location
15.58, 39.44

Coordinates

Insights

#1
largest in %s
#462
largest %s worldwide
#10,041
largest worldwide
2015
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
1
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
100 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Eritrean Electric Corporation
Country
ERI
Coordinates
15.579, 39.442

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
227,965 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
6.8M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

49,558
cars / year
30,395
homes / year
10.4M
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Beleza

Eritrea · Oil

33MW · 2015

About this plant

Massawa is a 100.09 MW oil-fired power plant in Eritrea, operated since its commissioning year is not specified.

Ranked #1 of 2 oil plants in Eritrea, Massawa’s 100.09 MW represents 75.15% of Eritrea’s total oil capacity of 133 MW. The largest oil plant in Eritrea is Massawa itself at 100 MW, making it the only operational facility in the country.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km of Massawa. The facility is located in Eritrea, approximately 15 km from the Red Sea coast.

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