Kogi power station is a 2,400 MW coal power station in Kogi State, Nigeria. It is operated by Itobe 1 Coal Power Plant Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 3.0 million homes (estimated). It ranks #2 of 69 Nigeria power plants by installed capacity. 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_kogi_niger.
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 2,400 MW, Kogi power station is well above the median coal plant in Nigeria (135 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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 Itobe 1 Coal Power Plant 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 7.5°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 #1 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 7.5477, 7.3094 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Kogi power station is a 2,400 MW coal power plant in Kogi State, Nigeria.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 3,003,428 homes (estimated).
Kogi power station is operated by Itobe 1 Coal Power Plant Ltd [100%].
