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Power plants in French Guiana

6 power-plant records · 253 MW reported capacity

  • Gas 33%
  • Biomass 17%
  • Hydro 17%
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French Guiana at a glance

Power-plant records
6
Reported capacity
253 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
No data
Most records
Gas, Biomass
Grid operator
EDF Guyane
Capital
Cayenne

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 French Guiana

Island systemSmall isolated grid

Rules and tariffs follow mainland France: consumers pay the national regulated tariff and the extra cost of island generation is shared nationally.

  1. GenerationLocal power station
  2. TransmissionIsland grid
  3. DistributionIsland utility
  4. CustomersSet tariffs

Who regulates

  • CREEnergy regulator

Electricity rules follow France.

Who controls the grid

EDF SEI runs the grid and buys power from local generators.

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 “Island system” mean?

A small grid that is not connected to a larger network. One utility typically runs generation and distribution, often relying on imported fuel, with solar and batteries increasingly added.

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 French Guiana 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

French Guiana is in South America. 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
Cayenne
Languages
French
Region
South America

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 6 records for French Guiana. 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

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

1 lack an owner/operator; 5 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in French Guiana

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Browse 6 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

6 matching records · showing 6

113.6 MW
Owner in source
Électricité de France
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1994
Source status
Operating status unverified
EDF Guiana · historical recordDetails & map
20 MW
Owner in source
Électricité de France
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
EDF Guiana · historical recordDetails & map

Toucan

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

Kourou

Biomass
2 MW
Owner in source
Électricité de France
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
EDF Guiana · 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.