Coal power plant in Nampula, Mozambique. Approximate location -14.5411, 40.6166.
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Nacala power station is a 200 MW coal power station in Nampula, Mozambique. It is operated by Somagec Mozambique Lda [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 250k homes (estimated). It ranks #13 of 22 Mozambique power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2022, it is around 4 years old — recently built. In context, coal supplies about 0.0% of Mozambique's electricity; the national grid averages 129 gCO₂/kWh (83.4% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_nacala_mozam.
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 200 MW, Nacala power station is below the median coal plant in Mozambique (570 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 Somagec Mozambique Lda [100%].
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen As) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 14.5°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 #8 largest coal power plant of 9 in Mozambique by capacity.
Mozambique has 9 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 6,320 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -14.5411, 40.6166 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Nacala power station is a 200 MW coal power plant in Nampula, Mozambique, commissioned in 2022.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 250,285 homes (estimated).
Nacala power station is operated by Somagec Mozambique Lda [100%].
