Coal power plant in Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar. Approximate location -23.452222, 45.078056.
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Imaloto Coal power station is a 30 MW coal power plant in Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 38k homes (estimated). It ranks #8 of 16 Madagascar power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 20.6% of Madagascar's electricity; the national grid averages 432 gCO₂/kWh (42.4% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_imalotocoal_madag.
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
Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 23.5°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 #3 largest coal power plant of 3 in Madagascar by capacity.
Madagascar has 3 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 270 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -23.452222, 45.078056 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Imaloto Coal power station is a 30 MW coal power plant in Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 37,542 homes (estimated).
