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Ouaga — 59 MW Oil

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Ouaga is a 59 MW oil power plant located in Burkina Faso. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
59 MW

Installed

Commissioned
—

Year online

Owner
Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso

Operator

Location
12.37, -1.52

Coordinates

Insights

#2
largest in %s
#602
largest %s worldwide
#12,548
largest worldwide
5
operated by %s
2
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
59 MW
Commissioned
—
Status
Operational
Owner
Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso
Country
BFA
Coordinates
12.370, -1.525

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
133,376 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

28,995
cars / year
17,784
homes / year
6.1M
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Kossodo

Burkina Faso · Oil

64MW

Zagtouli

Burkina Faso · Solar

33MW · 2015

Bagre

Burkina Faso · Hydroelectric

16MW

About this plant

Ouaga is a 58.56 MW oil-fired power plant in Burkina Faso, operated by Société Nationale d’électricité du Burkina Faso.

Ranked #2 of 3 oil plants in Burkina Faso, Ouaga represents 40% of the country’s total oil capacity of 146 MW. The largest oil plant in Burkina Faso is Kossodo at 64 MW, making Ouaga 1.1 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Kossodo (64 MW, Oil) and Zagtouli (33 MW, Solar). The facility is located in the Centre Region, approximately 10 km from Ouagadougou.

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