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Table 7 - Evolution of power plant capacities1, peak power demand and electricity generation, 2022 and 2023
Installed Effective Peak power demand Electricity generated (GWh)
capacity capacity (MW) Thermal
Year
Hydro Wind Photovoltaic Total
(MW) (MW) Mauritius Rodrigues Landfill Gas Other
2022 867.0 777.9 491.6 7.6 128.3 15.5 154.5 17.2 2,803.7 3,119.2
2023 880.5 793.2 508.4 8.5 94.4 8.6 148.8 13.3 3,000.3 3,265.5
Table 8 - Electricity generation by source of energy, 2022 and 2023
2022 2023
Source of energy
GWh % GWh %
Primary energy 315.5 10.1 265.2 8.1
Hydro (renewable energy) 128.3 4.1 94.4 2.9
Wind (renewable energy) 15.5 0.5 8.6 0.3
Landfill gas (renewable energy) 17.2 0.6 13.3 0.4
Photovoltaic (renewable energy) 154.5 5.0 148.8 4.6
Secondary energy 2,803.7 89.9 3,000.3 91.9
Gas turbine (kerosene) 2.2 0.1 19.5 0.6
Fuel oil & Diesel 1,534.7 49.2 1,576.2 48.3
Coal 983.9 31.5 1,095.4 33.5
Bagasse (renewable energy) 283.0 9.1 309.2 9.5
Total electricity generated 3,119.2 100.0 3,265.5 100.0
of which renewable energy 598.4 19.2 574.4 17.6
Table 9 - Generation of electricity by Central Electricity Board and Independent Power Producers, 2022 and 2023
2022 2023
Power Producer
GWh % GWh %
Central Electricity Board (CEB) 1,673.9 53.7 1702.1 52.1
Island of Mauritius 1,628.6 52.2 1,653.5 50.6
Hydro 128.3 4.1 94.4 2.9
Photovoltaic 6.5 0.2 9.8 0.3
Thermal 1,493.7 47.9 1,549.3 47.4
Island of Rodrigues 45.3 1.5 48.6 1.5
Wind 1.9 0.1 1.3 0.0
Photovoltaic 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.0
Thermal 43.1 1.4 46.4 1.4
Independent Power Producers (IPPs) 1,445.3 46.3 1563.4 47.9
Photovoltaic 147.7 4.7 138.1 4.2
Wind 13.6 0.4 7.3 0.2
Thermal 1,284.1 41.2 1,417.9 43.4
- Landfill gas 17.2 0.6 13.3 0.4
- Other thermal 1,266.8 40.6 1,404.6 43.0
of which exported to CEB 1,242.0 39.8 1,349.1 41.3
Total 3,119.2 100.0 3,265.5 100.0
Island of Mauritius
CEB 1,628.6 56.7 1,653.5 55.1
IPP export to CEB 1,241.6 43.3 1,349.1 44.9
Total units generated for sales 2,870.2 100.0 3,002.6 100.0
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includes plant capacity for electricity not exported to CEB
