Chipata power station is a 300 MW coal power station in Eastern, Zambia. It is operated by Black Rhino Group [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 375k homes (estimated). It ranks #10 of 27 Zambia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 10.8% of Zambia's electricity; the national grid averages 120 gCO₂/kWh (87.5% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_chipata_zambi.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
At 300 MW, Chipata power station is around the median coal plant in Zambia (300 MW). Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Black Rhino Group [100%].
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 13.6°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #7 largest coal power plant of 11 in Zambia by capacity.
Zambia has 11 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 3,965 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -13.645278, 32.646389 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Chipata power station is a 300 MW coal power plant in Eastern, Zambia.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 375,428 homes (estimated).
Chipata power station is operated by Black Rhino Group [100%].
