Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egbin power station | Gas | 3,120 |
| 2 | Kogi power station | Coal | 2,400 |
| 3 | Geregu nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 2,400 |
| 4 | Itu nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 2,400 |
| 5 | Lekki Project power station | Gas | 1,500 |
| 6 | Okija power station | Gas | 1,500 |
| 7 | Kano power station | Gas | 1,350 |
| 8 | Abuja power station | Gas | 1,250 |
| 9 | Geregu II power station | Gas | 1,226 |
| 10 | Kingline Ondo power station | Gas | 1,100 |
| 11 | Alaoji | Gas | 1,074 |
| 12 | Ethiope power station | Gas | 1,000 |
| 13 | Ezinmo power station | Coal | 1,000 |
| 14 | Oando Kwale power station | Gas | 930 |
| 15 | Kaduna power station | Gas | 900 |
| 16 | Geregu I power station | Gas | 849 |
| 17 | Kainji | Hydro | 760 |
| 18 | Agura power station | Gas | 720 |
| 19 | Oats power station | Gas | 700 |
| 20 | Olorunsogo II | Gas | 676 |
There are 69 power plants in Nigeria in this open dataset, with about 43,728 MW of total capacity.
Egbin power station is the largest at about 3,120 MW (gas).
The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (48 plants), across 5 fuel types in total.
Nigeria's grid carbon intensity is about 456 gCO₂/kWh, with 31.3% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
Power plants in Nigeria