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Power plants in Ivory Coast

8 power-plant records · 1,203 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 63%
  • Gas 38%
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Ivory Coast at a glance

Power-plant records
8
Reported capacity
1,203 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
28.9%
Most records
Hydro, Gas
Grid operator
CIE
Capital
Yamoussoukro

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 Ivory Coast

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Gas and hydro supply power, with exports to neighbours.

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

Who regulates

Who controls the grid

CI-ENERGIES, owned by the state, owns the assets; CIE runs the grid under concession.

Markets & power exchanges

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

Regional grid

  • West African Power PoolRegional grid

    Member of the West African Power Pool, the ECOWAS body building interconnectors and a regional electricity market across West Africa.

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 Ivory Coast generates electricity

Electricity generated10.8 TWh
Renewable share28.9%
Low-carbon share28.9%
Carbon intensity405 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro3 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.02 TWh
Bioenergy0.1 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas7.7 TWh
Other fossil0.02 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

Ivory Coast 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
Yamoussoukro
Languages
French
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 8 records for Ivory Coast. 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 Ivory Coast

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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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