Ndola Energy (HFO) power station is a 105 MW oil power station in Ndola, Zambia. It is operated by GL Africa Energy Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 79k homes (estimated). It ranks #16 of 27 Zambia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 years old — relatively modern. In context, oil supplies about 1.7% of Zambia's electricity; the national grid averages 120 gCO₂/kWh (87.5% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_ndolahfo_zambia.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000409050; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 105 MW, Ndola Energy (HFO) power station is well above the median oil plant in Zambia (20 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.
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 GL Africa Energy Ltd [100%].
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 13.0°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).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #1 largest oil power plant of 8 in Zambia by capacity.
Zambia has 8 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 275 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -13.014766, 28.661669 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Ndola Energy (HFO) power station is a 105 MW oil power plant in Ndola, Zambia, commissioned in 2017.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 78,840 homes (estimated).
Ndola Energy (HFO) power station is operated by GL Africa Energy Ltd [100%].
