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Power plants in Western Sahara

1 power-plant record · 23 MW reported capacity

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Western Sahara at a glance

Power-plant records
1
Reported capacity
23 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
No data
Most records
Oil
Grid operator
Not yet verified
Capital
El Aaiún

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Dakhla IC Power Plant Western Sahara23 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 Western Sahara

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Wind farms near Laâyoune and Tarfaya supply much of the local power.

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

Who regulates

Electricity rules follow Morocco, with local oversight by the territory’s government.

Who controls the grid

Supplied by Morocco's ONEE grid in the territory it administers.

An official operator link has not yet been verified here.

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 Western Sahara generates electricity

No comparable 2024 electricity figures are available in this snapshot. This is a data gap, not zero generation.

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

Western Sahara is in Northern 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
El Aaiún
Languages
Berber, Hassaniya, Spanish
Region
Northern 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 1 records for Western Sahara. 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 Western Sahara

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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.

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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.