PowerAtlaspowered by inzonex.co.uk
Home / Africa / Angola

Power plants in Angola

A directory of 14 power plants in Angola with a combined installed capacity of 1,071 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

14power plants
1,071MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Angola)

Oil: 6 plants6OilHydro: 5 plants5HydroGas: 3 plants3Gas

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Angola electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

185gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
73.7%low-carbon electricity
73.7%renewables
26.3%fossil fuels
Hydro: 71 % of electricity71HydroOil: 17 % of electricity17OilGas: 9 % of electricity9GasSolar: 3 % of electricity3SolarBioenergy: 0 % of electricity0Bioenergy

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Angola

#PlantFuelMW
1CapandaHydro520
2CambambeHydro180
3CazengaGas132
4Luanda DieselOil58
5MatalaHydro40
6BiopioOil23
7LobitoGas20
8Luanda RefineryOil18
9HuamboOil16
10Rio LuachimoHydro16
11Biopio (hydro)Hydro15
12NamibeGas12
13XitotoOil11
14MalongoOil10

Largest by capacity →

Browse by fuel

Oil (6)Hydro (5)Gas (3)