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Tchimbele — 68 MW Hydroelectric

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Tchimbele is a 68 MW hydro power plant located in Gabon. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
68 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Société Nationale d'Électricité

Operator

Location
0.62, 10.41

Coordinates

Insights

#3
largest in %s
#2,796
largest %s worldwide
#11,851
largest worldwide
2015
%d yrs newer than avg
5
operated by %s
1
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
68 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Société Nationale d'Électricité
Country
GAB
Coordinates
0.621, 10.407

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
5,752 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
460,173 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,250
cars / year
767
homes / year
261,462
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

Nearby Stations

Owendo

Gabon · Natural Gas

77MW · 2015

Kinguele

Gabon · Hydroelectric

58MW · 2010

About this plant

Tchimbele is a 68.4 MW hydroelectric power plant in Gabon, commissioned in an undisclosed year.

Ranked #2 of 3 hydro plants in Gabon. Its 68.4 MW represents 23.92% of Gabon’s total hydro capacity of 286 MW. The largest hydro plant in Gabon is Poubara at 160 MW, making Tchimbele 2.3 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Kinguele (57.6 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the Estuaire province, approximately 30 km from Libreville.

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