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Map of 2 power-plant records in Liberia, coloured by fuel and sized by reported capacity where available
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Power plants in Liberia

2 power-plant records · 73.3 MW reported capacity (2 of 2 records)

  • Hydro 50%
  • Oil 50%
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Liberia has 2 power plants in this atlas, with 73 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Mount Coffee (60 MW, hydro; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are hydro and oil. Grid operators listed here include Liberia Electricity Corporation. Electricity is regulated by LERC. Renewables supplied 54.4% of its electricity in 2024.

Data compiled from official inventories and open sources; see data sources and coverage.

Liberia at a glance

Power-plant records
2
Reported capacity
73.3 MW2 of 2 records report MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
54.4%
Most records
Hydro, Oil
Capital
Monrovia

Largest plants with reported capacity

  1. 1Mount Coffee60 MW
  2. 2Luke Lec13.3 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.

Grid operators and electricity market in Liberia

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Mount Coffee hydro and imports through the CLSG line supply Monrovia.

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

Who regulates

  • LERCEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State-owned Liberia Electricity Corporation runs the grid.

Markets & power exchanges

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

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 “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

Electricity production in Liberia

Electricity generated0.57 TWh
Renewable share54.4%
Low-carbon share54.4%
Carbon intensity315.8 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.3 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.01 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0.26 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.

Liberia electricity generation, fuel mix and annual data

Regional comparisons: Africa electricity production · Western Africa electricity production

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Geography and data notes

Liberia 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
Monrovia
Languages
English
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 2 records for Liberia. 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 Liberia

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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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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.