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- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Power Plant
Cap des Biches power station
Largest power plant in Senegal of 11 · top 37% worldwide (#10,765 of 29,849)
- Owner
- West Africa Energy SA
- Status
- construction
- Capacity
- 366 MW
- Fuel
- gas
- Commissioned
- 2026
Comparable power plants · Senegal · 11 ranked
- #1Cap des Biches power station366 MW · gas
- #2PowerChina (Senegal) solar farm300 MW · solar
- #3Karpowership (Senegal) Aysegul Sultan power station235 MW · gas
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Dakar Cement Plant5.9 km · Cement Plant
- Sendou power station10 km · Power Plant · 125 MW · gas
- Sendou power station10 km · Power Plant · 125 MW · coal
- Yakaar-Teranga LNG Hub14 km · LNG Terminal · 10 Mtpa
- Karmol Dakar FSRU15 km · LNG Terminal · 2.5 Mtpa
- Karpowership (Senegal) Aysegul Sultan power station15 km · Power Plant · 235 MW · gas
- Mauritania – Senegal interconnection16 km · Interconnector · 250 MW
- Mali – Senegal interconnection16 km · Interconnector · 250 MW
- Guinea – Senegal interconnection (planned)16 km · Interconnector · 800 MW
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)