Maiduguri power plant is a 50 MW gas power plant in Borno, Nigeria. It is operated by NNPC Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 56k homes (estimated). It ranks #66 of 69 Nigeria power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2023, it is around 3 years old — recently built. In context, gas supplies about 68.7% 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 GOGPT_maiduguri_nigeri.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000407511; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 50 MW, Maiduguri power plant is below the median gas plant in Nigeria (501 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
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 NNPC Ltd [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 11.8°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 #48 largest gas power plant of 48 in Nigeria by capacity.
Nigeria has 48 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 30,326 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 11.833, 13.15 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Maiduguri power plant is a 50 MW gas power plant in Borno, Nigeria, commissioned in 2023.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 56,314 homes (estimated).
Maiduguri power plant is operated by NNPC Ltd [100%].
