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Power plants in Nigeria

A directory of 13 power plants in Nigeria with a combined installed capacity of 6,260 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

13power plants
6,260MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Nigeria)

Gas: 9 plants9GasHydro: 3 plants3HydroSolar: 1 plants1Solar

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

Nigeria electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

456gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
31.3%low-carbon electricity
31.3%renewables
68.7%fossil fuels
Gas: 69 % of electricity69GasHydro: 31 % of electricity31HydroSolar: 0 % of electricity0SolarBioenergy: 0 % of electricity0Bioenergy

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

Largest plants in Nigeria

#PlantFuelMW
1AlaojiGas1,074
2KainjiHydro760
3Olorunsogo IIGas750
4ShiroroHydro600
5CalabarGas561
6JebbaHydro540
7Omotosho IIGas500
8IhovborGas450
9SapeleGas450
10GbarainGas225
11Ibom PowerGas190
12OmokuGas150
13IbadanSolar10

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Gas (9)Hydro (3)