GUY

Vreed en Hoop — 26 MW Oil

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Vreed en Hoop is a 26 MW oil power plant located in Guyana. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
26 MW

Installed

Commissioned

Year online

Owner
Guyana Power & Light

Operator

Location
6.81, -58.18

Coordinates

Insights

#3
largest in Guyana
#820
largest Oil worldwide
#17,506
largest worldwide
5
operated by Guyana Power &…
3
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
26 MW
Commissioned
Status
Operational
Owner
Guyana Power & Light
Country
GUY
Coordinates
6.809, -58.179

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
59,218 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1,776,528 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
650 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

12,873
cars per year
7,896
homes per year
2,691,709
trees to offset

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

Nearby Plants

About this plant

Vreed en Hoop is a 26 MW oil power plant in Guyana, operated by Guyana Power & Light. It is one of four oil plants in the country.

Ranked #2 of 4 oil plants in Guyana, this facility accounts for 24.46% of the country’s total oil capacity of 106 MW. The largest oil plant in Guyana is Kingston 11 at 36 MW, making Vreed en Hoop 1.4 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Kingston 11 (36.3 MW, Oil), Versailles Power Station (22 MW, Oil), and Kingston 1 (22 MW, Oil). The plant is located in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region, approximately 30 km from Georgetown.

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