List of power stations in the Ivory Coast

This is a list of power stations in Côte d'Ivoire. The majority of electricity

Electricity

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generation (about 70 percent) in Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

is by power stations that burn natural gas

Natural gas

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; the remaining 30 percent of the country's generation is hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...

. As of 2005, installed electric generation capacity totalled 1,084 megawatts (MW). 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.

Natural gas

Power station	Community	Coordinates	Capacity	Year completed	Additional description
Azito power station			288 MW	1999	Addition of a 150 MW turbine is planned.

Hydroelectric

Hydroelectric station	Type	Capacity	Year completed	Name of reservoir	River
Kossou Power Station Kossou Dam The Kossou Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant of the Bandama River in Ivory Coast. It has a power generating capacity of 176 MW enough to power over 118,000 homesThe dam created the largest lake in Cote D'Ivoire, Lake Kossou...	Reservoir Reservoir A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...	176 MW	1973	Lake Kossou Lake Kossou Lake Kossou is the largest lake in Côte d'Ivoire. It lies in the center of the country on the Bandama River. It is an artificial lake, created in 1973 by the construction of the Kossou Dam at Kossou. Some 85,000 Baoulé people were displaced by the lake....	Bandama River Bandama River The Bandama River is the longest river in Côte d'Ivoire with a length of some 800 kilometers. The south-flowing river is fed by the Marahoué, Solomougou, Kan and Nzi rivers and empties into the Tagba Lagoon and the Gulf of Guinea....
Taabo Power Station Taabo Dam The Taabo Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant of the Bandama River in Ivory Coast. It has a power generating capacity of 210 MW enough to power over 141,000 homes...	Reservoir Reservoir A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...	210 MW	1979	Taabo Reservoir	Bandama River Bandama River The Bandama River is the longest river in Côte d'Ivoire with a length of some 800 kilometers. The south-flowing river is fed by the Marahoué, Solomougou, Kan and Nzi rivers and empties into the Tagba Lagoon and the Gulf of Guinea....
Buyo Power Station Buyo Dam The Buyo Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant of the Sassandra River in Ivory Coast. Sassandra River in Ivory Coast. It has a power generating capacity of 165 MW enough to power over 111,000 homes...	Reservoir Reservoir A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...	165 MW	1980	Buyo Reservoir	Sassandra River Sassandra River The Sassandra River is a river of western Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa. It is formed by the confluence of the Tienba River, which originates in the highlands of northwestern Côte d'Ivoire, and the Gouan River , which originates to the west in the highlands of Guinea...

Natural gas

Hydroelectric

See also