Pamodzi power station is a 120 MW coal power station in Salima, Malawi. It is operated by Intra Energy Corp Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 150k homes (estimated). It ranks #8 of 10 Malawi power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 0.0% of Malawi's electricity; the national grid averages 55 gCO₂/kWh (95.6% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_pamodzi_malaw.
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 120 MW, Pamodzi power station is below the median coal plant in Malawi (350 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 Intra Energy Corp 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) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 14.0°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).
The #5 largest coal power plant of 5 in Malawi by capacity.
Malawi has 5 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 4,120 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -13.966667, 34.5 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Pamodzi power station is a 120 MW coal power plant in Salima, Malawi.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 150,171 homes (estimated).
Pamodzi power station is operated by Intra Energy Corp Ltd [100%].
