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Power plants in Madagascar

12 power-plant records · 360 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 42%
  • Oil 25%
  • Gas 17%
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Madagascar at a glance

Power-plant records
12
Reported capacity
360 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
42.4%
Most records
Hydro, Oil
Grid operator
JIRAMA
Capital
Antananarivo

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 Madagascar

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Hydro and diesel on several separate grids; frequent outages.

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

Who regulates

  • OREEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State utility JIRAMA runs electricity and water.

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.

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 Madagascar generates electricity

Electricity generated2.4 TWh
Renewable share42.4%
Low-carbon share42.4%
Carbon intensity432.1 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.9 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.1 TWh
Bioenergy0.03 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0.5 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0.9 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

Madagascar is in Eastern 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
Antananarivo
Languages
French, Malagasy
Region
Eastern 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 12 records for Madagascar. 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

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

10 lack an owner/operator; 12 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Madagascar

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Browse 12 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

12 matching records · showing 12

25 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map
16.5 MW
Owner in source
HYDELEC Madagascar SA
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
CDM · historical recordDetails & map
5.25 MW
Owner in source
HENRI FRAISE FILS & CIE
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
CDM · 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.