Ncondezi power station — Mozambique

Ncondezi power station is a 1,800 MW coal power station in Tete, Mozambique. It ranks #3 of 22 Mozambique power plants by installed capacity. 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_ncondezi_mozam.

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 1,800 MW, Ncondezi power station is well above the median coal plant in Mozambique (570 MW). 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 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.

Nearby power plants

• Cahora Bassa · Hydro · 2,075 MW · Tete
• Chitima power station · Coal · 600 MW · Tete
• Benga power station (ICVL) · Coal · 1,700 MW · Tete
• Benga power station (Kibo Energy) · Coal · 300 MW · Tete
• Jindal Tete power station · Coal · 150 MW · Tete
• Tete power station · Coal · 700 MW · Tete

Location

Coordinates -15.595833, 32.764722 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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