Senegal has 10 power plants in this atlas, with 696 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Cap Des Biches (327 MW, oil; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are oil, solar and hydro. Grid operators listed here include SENELEC. Electricity is regulated by CRSE. Renewables supplied 19.8% of its electricity in 2024.
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 Senegal
Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators
Oil, gas, wind and solar supply power, with gas from new offshore fields.
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.
Senegal 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
Dakar
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 10 records for Senegal. 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
10 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 10 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
