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Tamatave — 17 MW Natural Gas

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Tamatave is a 17 MW gas power plant located in Madagascar. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
17 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
JIRAMA

Operator

Location
-18.17, 49.38

Coordinates

Insights

#7
largest in Madagascar
#4,296
largest Natural Gas worldwide
#20,756
largest worldwide
2015
16 yrs newer than avg
3
operated by JIRAMA
1
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
17 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
JIRAMA
Country
MDG
Coordinates
-18.167, 49.383

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
32,045 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
961,347 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

6,966
cars / year
4,273
homes / year
1,456,587
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Ambatovy Nickel power station

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Andekaleka

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La Mandraka

Madagascar · Hydroelectric

24MW · 2015

About this plant

Tamatave is a 16.59 MW gas power plant in Madagascar. It is the only operational gas plant in the country.

Ranked #1 of 2 gas plants in Madagascar. Its 16.59 MW represents 56.1% of Madagascar’s total gas capacity of 30 MW. The largest gas plant in Madagascar is Tamatave at 17 MW, making it only slightly larger.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km. The facility is located in the Atsinanana region, approximately 350 km east of Antananarivo.

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