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Power plants in Cape Verde

4 power-plant records · 93 MW reported capacity

  • Oil 75%
  • Solar 25%
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Cape Verde at a glance

Power-plant records
4
Reported capacity
93 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
30.8%
Most records
Oil, Solar
Capital
Praia

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Palmarejo66 MW
  2. 2Palmeira Electra12 MW
  3. 3Praia10 MW
  4. 4Praia5 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 Cape Verde

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Diesel with a fast-growing wind and solar share on each island.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. CustomersGovernment-set tariffs

Who regulates

  • ARMEEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

Electra, owned by the state, runs the island grids; ONSEC was created as the national system operator.

Markets & power exchanges

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.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Cape Verde generates electricity

Electricity generated0.52 TWh
Renewable share30.8%
Low-carbon share30.8%
Carbon intensity461.5 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0 TWh
Wind0.08 TWh
Solar0.08 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0.36 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

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.

4 lack an owner/operator; 4 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Cape Verde

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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.

4 matching records · showing 4

10 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ECOREX · historical recordDetails & map

Praia

Solar
5 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map

MW measures rated capacity, not electricity generated. Records may describe units, installations, projects or whole complexes. Review inventory coverage and licenses. Download this country’s records.