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Power Plants in Niger
Niger has 8 power plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 130th-largest fleet of the 155 countries that hold any, and under 0.1% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 1 operating and 6 under construction or proposed. Operating generation capacity totals 100 MW across 1 utility-scale plants of 100 MW and above. The largest is Salkadamna power station (400 MW).
The largest owner-operators are Savannah Energy PLC (3) and Compagnie Minière et Energétique du Niger (2) — Savannah Energy PLC alone is named on 38% of them. 6 are in the pipeline, led by Salkadamna power station (400 MW), proposed. They account for 53% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Niger.
Operating generation capacity by fuel
- oil100 MW
- coal0 MW +600 MW planned
- solar0 MW +440 MW planned
- wind0 MW +250 MW planned
- hydro0 MW +130 MW planned
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Largest power plants in Niger
- Salkadamna power station400 MW · coal · proposed
- Tarka wind farm250 MW · wind · 2027 · proposed
- Niger (AfDB) solar farm240 MW · solar · 2026 · proposed
- Salkadamna power station200 MW · coal · 2030 · construction
- Kandadji hydroelectric plant130 MW · hydro · idle
- Gorou Banda power plant100 MW · oil · 2017
- Maradi (Savannah Energy) solar farm100 MW · solar · 2027 · proposed
- Zinder solar farm100 MW · solar · 2027 · proposed
Who owns Niger's power plants
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
Under construction & proposed
- Salkadamna power station400 MW · coal · proposed
- Tarka wind farm250 MW · wind · 2027 · proposed
- Niger (AfDB) solar farm240 MW · solar · 2026 · proposed
- Salkadamna power station200 MW · coal · 2030 · construction
- Maradi (Savannah Energy) solar farm100 MW · solar · 2027 · proposed
- Zinder solar farm100 MW · solar · 2027 · proposed
How Niger compares · power plants by country
Frequently asked
- How many power plants are there in Niger?
- OverWatts maps 8 power plants in Niger — under 0.1% of the world's mapped total, the 130th-largest national fleet of the 155 countries with any.
- What is the largest power plant in Niger?
- Salkadamna power station, at 400 MW.
- How much power-generation capacity do Niger's power plants have?
- About 100 MW operating across 1 plants, with a further 1.4 GW under construction or proposed. That covers utility-scale sites of 100 MW and above, so it sits below national installed capacity wherever distributed generation is large.
- Who owns the power plants in Niger?
- Savannah Energy PLC is named as owner or operator on the most — 3 of 8 (38%). Next are Compagnie Minière et Energétique du Niger (2).
- What new power plants are being built in Niger?
- 6 projects are under construction or proposed. The largest are Salkadamna power station (400 MW), Tarka wind farm (250 MW) and Niger (AfDB) solar farm (240 MW).