List of power stations in Ivory Coast
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This is a list of power stations in Ivory Coast. The majority of electricity generation (about 72.5%) in Ivory Coast is by power stations that burn natural gas; the remaining 27.5% of the country's generation is hydroelectricity. As of 2016, installed electric generation capacity totalled 1,975 megawatts (MW).[1] Electric generation exceeded the country's needs; 5.31 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity was generated in 2005, of which the country consumed only 2.9 billion kWh. Export of electricity is through the West African Power Pool.[2]
Natural gas[]
List of natural gas powered power stations in Ivory Coast. [2][3]
Power station | Community | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Year completed |
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455 | 1985[2] | |||
5°18′07″N 4°04′31″W / 5.3020741°N 4.075413°W | 430 | 1999 | ||
100 | 1984[2] | |||
Atinkou Thermal Power Station | Taboth, Jacqueville Department | 5°15′21″N 4°19′44″W / 5.255833°N 4.328889°W | 390[4] | 2024 (Expected) |
Hydroelectric[]
Partial list of hydroelectric power stations in Ivory Coast.[5][6]
Hydroelectric station | Coordinates | Type | Name of reservoir | River | Capacity (MW) | Year completed |
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05°48′13″N 06°39′22″W / 5.80361°N 6.65611°W | Reservoir | Sassandra River | 275 | 2017 | ||
Taabo Dam | 06°12′38″N 05°05′02″W / 6.21056°N 5.08389°W | Reservoir | Bandama River | 210 | 1979 | |
Kossou Dam | 07°01′32″N 05°28′19″W / 7.02556°N 5.47194°W | Reservoir | Lake Kossou | Bandama River | 176 | 1973 |
Buyo Dam | 06°14′32″N 07°02′05″W / 6.24222°N 7.03472°W | Reservoir | Sassandra River | 165 | 1980 | |
05°34′55″N 03°09′32″W / 5.58194°N 3.15889°W | Reservoir | Bia River | 30 | 1965 | ||
05°36′12″N 03°10′12″W / 5.60333°N 3.17000°W | Reservoir | Bia River | 22 | 1959 | ||
5 | 1983 |
Solar[]
Partial list of solar power stations in Ivory Coast.
Solar power station | Community | Coordinates | Fuel type | Capacity (megawatts) | Year completed | Name of Owner | Notes |
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Boundiali Solar Power Station[7] | Savanes District | 9°34′07″N 6°28′36″W / 9.568611°N 6.476667°W | Solar | 37.5[7] | 2021 Expected | SOGEPE |
See also[]
- Energy in Ivory Coast
- List of power stations in Africa
- List of largest power stations in the world
References[]
- ^ The Largest Hydroelectric Dam In Côte D’ivoire
- ^ a b c d Energy Information Administration, Country Analysis Briefs: Ivory Coast, mirrored version retrieved from Marcon International website, February 15, 2010
- ^ Ivory Coast’s power generation leaves neighbours in the shade
- ^ FMO (Netherlands) (March 2020). "Atinkou Thermal Power Station: Project Detail". The Hague, Netherlands: Netherlands Development Finance Company. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Ivory Coast has capacity of 600MW
- ^ Situation de l’hydroelectricite en Cote D’ivoire
- ^ a b Boris Ngounou (6 October 2018). "Ivory Coast: First solar power plant of 37.5 MW, will be located in Boundiali". Afrik21.africa. Paris, France. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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