HCCL Lubimbi power station — Zimbabwe

HCCL Lubimbi power station is a 50 MW coal power plant in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. It ranks #25 of 25 Zimbabwe power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 42.9% of Zimbabwe's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (57.1% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_hccllubimbi_zimba.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 50 MW, HCCL Lubimbi power station is below the median coal plant in Zimbabwe (600 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #21 largest coal power plant of 21 in Zimbabwe by capacity.

Zimbabwe has 21 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 15,630 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Zimasco power plant · Gas · 300 MW · Matabeleland North
• Hwange Coal Power Plant Zimbabwe · Coal · 920 MW · Matabeleland North
• Kalungwizi power station · Coal · 600 MW · Matabeleland North
• Binga power station · Coal · 2,100 MW · Matabeleland North
• Ever Great Energy Zambia power station · Coal · 600 MW · Southern
• ZhongXin power station · Coal · 920 MW · Matabeleland North

Location

Coordinates -18.46667, 27.3 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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