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Power plants in Suriname

1 power-plant record · 5 MW reported capacity

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Suriname at a glance

Power-plant records
1
Reported capacity
5 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
52.9%
Most records
Solar
Capital
Paramaribo

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Rosebel5 MW
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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 Suriname

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

The Afobaka hydro dam and oil-fired plants supply most power.

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

Who regulates

No separate independent regulator is listed: the government or the utility itself sets tariffs and technical rules.

Who controls the grid

State-owned EBS runs generation, transmission and distribution.

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 Suriname generates electricity

Electricity generated1.7 TWh
Renewable share52.9%
Low-carbon share52.9%
Carbon intensity321.8 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.9 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.01 TWh
Bioenergy0.01 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0.02 TWh
Other fossil0.8 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

Suriname 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
Paramaribo
Languages
Dutch
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 1 records for Suriname. 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

1 source record. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

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

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Suriname

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Browse 1 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

1 matching records · showing 1

Rosebel

Solar
5 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
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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.