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Power plants in the Central African Republic

2 power-plant records · 34 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 50%
  • Oil 50%
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Central African Republic at a glance

Power-plant records
2
Reported capacity
34 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
No data
Most records
Hydro, Oil
Capital
Bangui

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Boali19 MW
  2. 2Bangui Enerca14 MW
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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 the Central African Republic

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Boali hydro supplies Bangui; access is among the lowest in the world.

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

Who regulates

No separate independent regulator is listed: the government or the utility itself sets tariffs and technical rules.

Who controls the grid

State utility ENERCA runs the grid in Bangui.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

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 “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.

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 Central African Republic generates electricity

No comparable 2024 electricity figures are available in this snapshot. This is a data gap, not zero generation.

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

Central African Republic is in Middle Africa. Its landlocked geography makes cross-border connections an important part of its regional setting. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Bangui
Languages
French, Sango
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 2 records for Central African Republic. 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

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

2 lack an owner/operator; 2 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in the Central African Republic

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Browse 2 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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