Cape Verde has 4 power plants in this atlas, with 93 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Palmarejo (66 MW, oil; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are oil and solar. Grid operators listed here include ONSEC. Electricity is regulated by ARME. Renewables supplied 30.8% of its electricity in 2024.
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.
Grid operators and electricity market in Cape Verde
Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything
Diesel with a fast-growing wind and solar share on each island.
No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.
Regional grid
Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.
What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?
A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.
ONSEC is identified separately from the former integrated Electra structure. The linked official gazette establishes the national system operator.
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.
Cape Verde is in Western 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
Praia
Languages
Portuguese
Region
Western 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 4 records for Cape Verde. 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
4 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 4 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
