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Power plants in Cameroon

8 power-plant records · 882 MW reported capacity

  • Oil 50%
  • Hydro 38%
  • Gas 13%
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Cameroon at a glance

Power-plant records
8
Reported capacity
882 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
73.1%
Most records
Oil, Hydro
Grid operator
SONATREL
Capital
Yaoundé

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Song Loulou396 MW
  2. 2Kribi200 MW
  3. 3Edea154 MW
  4. 4Lagdo80 MW
  5. 5Garoua16 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Cameroon

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Hydro, including Lom Pangar and Nachtigal, supplies most power.

  1. GenerationState utility + private producers
  2. TransmissionOne state buyer
  3. DistributionUtility networks
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

Who controls the grid

State-owned SONATREL runs transmission; ENEO distributes.

Markets & power exchanges

No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.

Regional grid

  • Central African Power PoolRegional grid

    Member of the Central African Power Pool (PEAC), the ECCAS body planning interconnection between central African grids.

What does “Single buyer” mean?

Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Cameroon generates electricity

Electricity generated7.3 TWh
Renewable share73.1%
Low-carbon share73.1%
Carbon intensity225.9 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro5.2 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.04 TWh
Bioenergy0.04 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas1.6 TWh
Other fossil0.35 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Cameroon is in Middle Africa. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Yaoundé
Languages
English, French
Region
Middle Africa

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 8 records for Cameroon. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

8 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

8 lack an owner/operator; 8 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Cameroon

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Browse 8 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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