Gboko Cement power station is a 38.5 MW coal power plant in Benue State, Nigeria. It is operated by Dangote Industries Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 48k homes (estimated). It ranks #67 of 69 Nigeria power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. In context, coal supplies about 0.0% of Nigeria's electricity; the national grid averages 456 gCO₂/kWh (31.3% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_gbokocement_niger.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000104853; fuel: GEM GCPT
At 38.5 MW, Gboko Cement power station is below the median coal plant in Nigeria (135 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 Dangote Industries Ltd [100%].
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 7.4°N — 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 #14 largest coal power plant of 15 in Nigeria by capacity.
Nigeria has 15 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 6,654 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 7.4107872, 8.9738713 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Gboko Cement power station is a 38.5 MW coal power plant in Benue State, Nigeria, commissioned in 2015.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 48,180 homes (estimated).
Gboko Cement power station is operated by Dangote Industries Ltd [100%].
