Energy in Burkina Faso is sourced primarily from diesel and heavy fuel, with some access to hydropower and solar.
[1] Burkina Faso produced 69 kilotonne of oil equivalent (ktoe) of energy in 2015, 89.8% of which was generated from fossil fuels.
[2] As of 2014, Burkina Faso's total greenhouse gas emissions was at 32.60 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e).
[5] In 2017, French president Emmanuel Macron inaugurated a 33 MW solar plant, that produces electricity for 110,000 households.
[6] West Africa's biggest solar plant began operation in Burkina Faso on November 29, 2017.